James Smith
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This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00277
- Given Name
- James
- Family Name
- Smith
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
- James Smith was an enslaver who resided in Middlesex County, NJ, in the early 19th century. In 1817, he sold an enslaved young man named Ben to Jacob Klady of New Brunswick. Smith then obtained authorization from county officials allowing Klady to take Ben away from New Jersey to Klady's new plantation in Louisiana. The exact locality of James Smith's residence in Middlesex County is not noted on the documents related to Ben, and it is uncertain whether Smith was also a resident of New Brunswick like Klady.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Places
- Middlesex County
- Enslaver of
- Ben (b. ca. 1799)
- Record Contributor
- Isaac Guzmán
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1817-09-23 Removal Registration: Ben (Role: Enslaver)
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