Identifier

NJS-SRC-00617

Source Type

Article

Headline

Notice

Author

James Parker Jr. (1776-1868)

Publication

Trenton Federalist

Place of Publication

Trenton

Date of Issue

August 3, 1818

Page

3

Description

New Jersey legislator and Rutgers benefactor James Parker Jr. announces the formation of an association for opposing the practice of kidnapping and unlawful trade in persons of color. This association was formed in response to the outrageous actions of Judge Jacob Van Wickle and his associates who operated a slave trading ring based in Middlesex County, which came to the attention of the public in the summer of 1818.

Transcript

Notice.

An Association was formed at Bridgetown, in the county of Middlesex, on Thursday the 30th July, 1818, for the purpose of opposing the practice of Kidnapping and unlawful trade in persons of colour. A committee was appointed to report rules for the government of the association, to be laid before the next meeting, and another committee for the purpose of calling on such absent persons as might be disposed to aid and support the objects of the association.

The next meeting will be held at the house of Abraham Degraw, in New-Brunswick, on Monday the 10th day of August 1818, at 10 o'clock, A. M. where the attendance is requested of all persons disposed to aid in the objects of the association.

By order of the Meeting,
JAMES PARKER, Sec'y

Language

English

Mentions

Bridgetown, Rahway

New Brunswick

Keywords

kidnapping

Van Wickle slave trading ring

slave trade

Record Contributor

Jesse Bayker