Hager (b. ca. 1789) {mother of Augustus, Mary, and Roda}
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This person of African descent has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
This person was a victim of a notorious slave trading ring in New Jersey. To learn more about the scheme, see our guide to the Van Wickle Slave Trading Ring.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00667
- Given Name
- Hager
- Birth Date
- 1789
- Sex
- Female
- Biographical Description
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Hager was one of the victims of Jacob Van Wickle's slave trading ring in Middlesex County, New Jersey, in 1818. The legal documents related to the removal of Hager from the state of New Jersey to Louisiana suggest that she was born around 1789 and was aged 29 at the time of the events in 1818.
Hager was taken from New Jersey together with her children Roda (age 14), Augustus (age 4), and Mary (age 2). - Keywords
- African descent person
- Van Wickle victims
- trafficked South
- Parent of
- Roda (b. ca. 1804) {daughter of Hager}
- Augustus (b. ca. 1814) {alternatively Charles, son of Hager}
- Mary (b. ca. 1816) {daughter of Hager}
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Primary Participant in:
- 1818-02-26 Removal Registration: Hager, Augustus, Mary, Roda (Role: Relocated Person)
- Resource class
- Agent