West Indies (Caribbean) · New Jersey Slavery Records

Identifier: NJS-PLC-00166
Place Type: Region
Description: The West Indies, or the Caribbean, refers to a region that includes several island archipelagos surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Many people of African descent were brought to New Jersey via this region. Some labored on island plantations for years before being taken to New Jersey. Others briefly moved through the region because slave-trading ships often made stops there before heading north to the ports of New York and Perth Amboy.

Whenever possible, people listed in the New Jersey Slavery Records database are linked to specific islands. When broader terms such as "West Indies" or "French West Indies" are mentioned in the documents without specifying an island, the records are linked to the broader West Indies region.
Region: West Indies (Caribbean)
Latitude: 18.09
Longitude: -75.25
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies
Record Contributor: Jesse Bayker
Linked Places: Places located in this region:

Barbados, West Indies (Caribbean)

Haiti

Montserrat, West Indies (Caribbean)

Jamaica, West Indies (Caribbean)

Guadeloupe, West Indies (Caribbean)

Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
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Persons of African descent linked to West Indies (Caribbean):

Costant (b. 1748)

Name Unrecorded - Male {Farmer household}