James Skinner
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This white person has 10 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00297
- Given Name
- James
- Family Name
- Skinner
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Legal
- Biographical Description
- James Skinner was a resident of Middlesex County, New Jersey. He served as the Justice of the Peace for the county in the early 19th century. In this official capacity, he issued manumission certificates for residents of Perth Amboy whose enslavers agreed to set them free.
- Keywords
- white person
- government official
- Places
- Perth Amboy
- Record Contributor
- Isaac Guzmán
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1818-06 Criminal action: victims children Augustus, Diana, Diana, Dorcas, Harriet Jane, Hercules, Mary, Rozenah, Susan (slave trafficking case, defendants Charles Morgan and Nicholas Van Wickle) (Role: Witness)
- 1818-06 Criminal action: victim Claus (slave trafficking case, defendants Charles Morgan, Lewis Compton, and James Edgar) (Role: Witness)
- 1819-02-01 Manumission: Charles (Role: Judge)
- 1819-07-16 Manumission: Silas Hendrickson (Role: Judge)
- 1819-07-16 Manumission: Margaret Lawrance (Role: Judge)
- 1821-05-02 Manumission: Susan (Role: Judge)
- 1822-08-08 Manumission: John Annin (Role: Judge)
- 1823-01-03 Manumission: Hannah Hendrickson (Role: Judge)
- 1823-08-30 Manumission: Samuel Lawrance (Role: Judge)
- 1823-09-03 Manumission: Suzan Lawrance (Role: Judge)
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- Agent