Enslaved people were sold here in 1818 by Judge Van Wickle.
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Enslaved people were sold here in 1818 by Judge Van Wickle.

"In 1818, Judge Jacob Van Wickle, along with collaborators, sold some 100 people, including some free people [here]." This site was a part of his estate. This information and quoted content is from the New York Times Magazine, Feb. 16, 2020, at p. 50, in an article by Anne C. Bailey, with photographs by Dannielle Bowman. See https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/12/magazine/1619-project-slave-auction-sites.html.

This appears to be the same Jacob Van Wickle who owned a pottery noted at https://www.roadsidehistoricalmarkers.com/location/item/1200-bissett-pottery-was-here-circa-1878/trendy_address=wickle?rid=113.

There is a bit about Van Wickle on the Web, for ex., look at https://www.google.com/search?q=%22An+Abominable+Business%3A+The+New+Jersey+Slave+Trade&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS860US860&oq=%22An+Abominable+Business%3A+The+New+Jersey+Slave+Trade&aqs=chrome..69i57.471j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8.

Publication date Feb 18, 2020
Neighborhood East Brunswick
Property ID: 11327
Updated on: Jul 04, 2020

"In 1818, Judge Jacob Van Wickle, along with collaborators, sold some 100 people, including some free people [here]." This site was a part of his estate. This information and quoted content is from the New York Times Magazine, Feb. 16, 2020, at p. 50, in an article by Anne C. Bailey, with photographs by Dannielle Bowman. See https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/12/magazine/1619-project-slave-auction-sites.html.

This appears to be the same Jacob Van Wickle who owned a pottery noted at https://www.roadsidehistoricalmarkers.com/location/item/1200-bissett-pottery-was-here-circa-1878/trendy_address=wickle?rid=113.

There is a bit about Van Wickle on the Web, for ex., look at https://www.google.com/search?q=%22An+Abominable+Business%3A+The+New+Jersey+Slave+Trade&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS860US860&oq=%22An+Abominable+Business%3A+The+New+Jersey+Slave+Trade&aqs=chrome..69i57.471j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8.

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121 Main Street, East Brunswick, New Jersey, 08816, United States
East Brunswick, .
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African American History History No Longer There Solemn Cyber Plaques Underground Railroad (Slavery/Freedom)
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Created Date:
02-18-2020
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Name : markerwriter
Email : sjkc0072@aol.com
Comments : For info on this location and its connection to slavery, see the Maine Antique Digest, May 2020, p. 40, "Money, the Root of All Evil," by Leslie and Peter Warwick.
Date : 2020-07-04