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New Jersey was the last of the Northern states to abolish slavery completely. The 1860 census listed at least 43 people in New Jersey as slaves, the youngest being 11 and oldest being 95. Thirty eight of these people were enslaved for life.
Allegedly the last living former slave sold "on the block" in New Jersey. [29] Likely other later survivors because final slaves were not emancipated until 1865 in New Jersey. Louise Tritton ca. 1780: 1891: One of the last living former slaves in Connecticut, and oldest person in New Haven, New Haven County. [30] Adjua D'Wolf 1794: 1868
The last slaves in New Jersey were not freed until 1865 and passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. In 1870, New Jersey began recording Indians (Native Americans) as a separate category in its census; 16 were identified by census enumerators that year.
However, slavery legally persisted in Delaware, [49] Kentucky, [50] and (to a very limited extent, due to a trade ban but continued gradual abolition) New Jersey, [51] [52] until the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery throughout the United States, except as punishment for a crime, on December 18, 1865 ...
In the year 1875, "Jack" Jackson, who was described as the last slave in New Jersey, [8] died at the age of 87 on the Smith family farm. In 1820, Smith manumitted his slaves, but Jack refused the freedom he was offered and remained on the family estate until his death. Following the will of the late Abel Smith, he was interred in the family ...
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A number of fugitive slaves lived in the area and Isaac J. Rice established himself as a missionary, operating a school for black children. [ 5 ] Buxton National Historic Site and Elgin settlement – Chatham, Ontario [ 1 ] [ 6 ] The Elgin settlement was established by a Presbyterian minister, Reverend William King , with fifteen former slaved ...
At least 361 people have been officially executed in New Jersey (including the pre-Revolution Colony of New Jersey) starting with the execution of a slave named Tom for rape in 1690 and ending with the execution of Ralph Hudson for murder on January 22, 1963. The last execution for a crime other than murder was of Andrew Clark in 1872 for rape.