James Morgan (1756-1822)
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This white person has 3 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
This person was connected with 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-00246
- Given Name
- James
- Family Name
- Morgan
- Birth Date
- 1756
- Death Date
- 1822
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
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James Morgan was an enslaver who resided in South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, in the area that is now Sayreville. He served as a U.S. Congressman from New Jersey in 1811-1813.
He was the brother of Charles Morgan and brother-in-law of Judge Jacob Van Wickle (via Van Wickle's marriage to James Morgan's sister Sarah Morgan), who were the leaders of a notorious slave trading ring that facilitated human trafficking from New Jersey to Louisiana and Mississippi. James Morgan was connected with the slave trading ring as well. A Black man named Simon, who was enslaved by James Morgan, became one of the victims of the slave trading ring. Morgan obtained a manumission certificate for Simon in February 1818, then immediately allowed his brother Charles Morgan to take Simon to Louisiana to toil in bondage there. - Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- government official
- Van Wickle and associates
- U.S. Congress
- References
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Pingeon, Frances D. “An Abominable Business: The New Jersey Slave Trade, 1818.” New Jersey History 109, no. 3 (1991): 15–35.
“MORGAN, James.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000951.
This person is represented on the following page(s):
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Morgan_%28congressman%29 - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1813-04-30 Manumission: Juday (Role: Enslaver, Manumitter)
- 1815-05-29 Manumission: Adam (Role: Enslaver, Manumitter)
- 1818-02-11 Manumission: Simon (Role: Enslaver, Manumitter)
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