Passaic County · New Jersey Slavery Records · New Jersey Slavery Records

Identifier: NJS-PLC-00180
Place Type: County or Parish
Description: Passaic County is located in northern New Jersey and is part of the New York metropolitan area. Its county seat is Paterson. The county was created in 1837 from former portions of Bergen County and Essex County. Due to this history and the county's late creation, slavery-era records for this area will be found among Bergen County and Essex County documents.

See the linked records for Bergen County and Essex County for information about the demographics of this area, which had a large enslaved population well into the 19th century.
County (Modern): Passaic County
State or Province: New Jersey
Country: United States of America
Related Place: New Barbadoes; Franklin (Bergen County)
Latitude: 40.913778
Longitude: -74.171690
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passaic_County,_New_Jersey
Record Contributor: Jesse Bayker
Linked Places: Passaic County was formed in 1837 from portions of Bergen County and Essex County.

Places located in Passaic County:

Acquackanonk

Little Falls

Paterson

Preakness, Wayne

Wayne
Linked Events: To see all events that occurred in this county, visit the Events browsing page and filter the records by county.