1817, Ben, Removal
- Title
- 1817, Ben, Removal
- Description
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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. - Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00500
- Action Status
- https://www.onthesegrounds.org/s/OTG/item/546
- Date
- September 23, 1817
- Source
- 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.
- Primary Participant
- Ben (b. 1799)
- Primary Participant Description
- negro slave
- aged eighteen years
- Freedom Status
- https://www.onthesegrounds.org/s/OTG/item/553
- Age
- Young Adult
- 18
- Source Resource
- https://records.njslavery.org/api/items/3456
- Source Site
- https://records.njslavery.org/s/doc/page/home
- Sex
- Male
- Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
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