1818-10-06 Removal: George

Item

Title
1818-10-06 Removal: George
Identifier
NJS-EVE-00271
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 288
Removal certificate for George (1818-10-06) recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 288. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
A removal certificate authorizing enslaver Lewis Compton to remove George, an enslaved man aged 35, from the State of New Jersey was issued by the Court of Common Pleas of Middlesex County on October 6, 1818. The certificate was signed by two judges (Jacob Van Wickle and John Smith). The document stated that George was examined by the judges and consented to move to New Iberia, Louisiana, there to serve William Stone as a slave for life. The certificate was recorded by the County Clerk (William P. Deare) on December 29, 1818.

George was one of the victims of the slave trading ring that revolved around Judge Jacob Van Wickle. Van Wickle and his associates exploited loopholes in New Jersey law in order to enrich themselves through the interstate slave trade. In 1818, Van Wickle falsified many removal certificates, signing the certificates without the consent of the enslaved people named in the documents.
Event Type
Legal: Removal registration
Date
6 October 1818
Date Certainty
Questionable
Location of Event
Middlesex County
County (Modern)
Middlesex
County (Historical)
Middlesex
Related Place
New Iberia, LA
Primary Participant
George (b. 1783)
Participant Details
DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** George (b. 1783) ***
Role: Relocated Person
Age: 35
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Lewis Compton
- William Stone
Verbatim description from source:
"male slave named George aged thirty five years"

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

Jacob Van Wickle (1770-1854)
Role: Judge

John Smith [Judge of Common Pleas]
Role: Judge

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Role: County Clerk

Lewis Compton
Role: Enslaver (obtained removal certificate in New Jersey)

William Stone
Role: Enslaver (prospective enslaver in Louisiana)
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker

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