1817-09-23 Removal: Ben

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Title: 1817-09-23 Removal: Ben
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00500
Source: Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 210; Removal certificate for Ben (1817-09-23) recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 210. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description: In 1817, James Smith of Middlesex County, NJ, sold Ben to a man named Jacob Klady, a New Brunswick landholder who was getting ready to move to Ouachita Parish in Louisiana to establish a plantation. Klady took Ben to Louisiana with him. Ben was aged 18 at this time.

On September 23, 1817, James Smith brought Ben to the Court of Common Pleas of Middlesex County to obtain a removal certificate authorizing Jacob Klady to take Ben to Louisiana where Ben would serve Klady as his new enslaver. The certificate was signed by two judges (Thomas Hance and John Fitz Randolph). The document stated that Ben was examined by the judges and consented to move with Jacob Klady to Louisiana. It additionally stated that Ben had no parents living in the state of New Jersey (i.e. parental consent was not obtained for Ben's move). The certificate was recorded by the County Clerk (William P. Deare) on October 8, 1817.
Event Type: Legal: Removal registration
Date: 23 September 1817
Location of Event: Middlesex County
County (Modern): Middlesex
County (Historical): Middlesex
Related Place: Ouachita Parish, LA
Related Event: 1817-09-23 Removal: Phillis; 1817-08-30 Removal: Dinah
Primary Participant: Ben (b. 1799)
Enslaver: James Smith; Jacob Klady
Additional Participant: Thomas Hance; John Fitz Randolph; William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Participant Details: DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Ben (b. 1799) ***
Role: Relocated Person
Age: 18
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- James Smith
- Jacob Klady
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave; aged eighteen years"

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

Thomas Hance
Role: Judge

John Fitz Randolph
Role: Judge

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

James Smith
Role: Enslaver - Original or Previous (testified to obtain removal certificate)

Jacob Klady
Role: Enslaver (moving to Louisiana and taking the enslaved person)
Record Contributor: Jesse Bayker

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