Tag: Judge Jacob Van Wickle
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Lost Souls Public Memorial Project: How 137 slaves in Middlesex County lost their freedom
EAST BRUNSWICK – On Sept. 12, in a conjoined meeting room within the East Brunswick Public Library, organizers and guests gathered for a presentation on the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project, a grassroots movement dedicated to honoring the 137 African Americans sold into slavery in 1818 by Jacob Van Wickle, a corrupt Middlesex County judge.…
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Lost Souls Public Memorial Project holds virtual recitation of slaves’ names; connection made to modern-day issues of racism
EAST BRUNSWICK–More than 200 years ago, Middlesex County Judge Jacob Van Wickle used his political power to steal and sell nearly 200 African Americans into slavery. To honor those who were enslaved, the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project held its third annual Recitation of Names event to continue honoring Van Wickle’s victims. Founded in 2017,…
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Unitarian Society receives award for work on Lost Souls Memorial Project
EAST BRUNSWICK – The Unitarian Society congregation in East Brunswick has been chosen to receive this year’s Congregational Society Justice Bennett Award from the international Unitarian Universalist Association for its work on the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project, which aims to build a memorial to the victims of an area slave ring. “The award…
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Local historian creates film depicting Van Wickle slave ring
EAST BRUNSWICK–Telling the tale of a young boy kidnapped from Philadelphia to be illegally sold into slavery, historian Rich Walling’s film “Sold South” depicts a teen’s horrific journey at the hands of Judge Jacob Van Wickle. “‘Sold South’ is the true story of a young African American teen kidnapped from Philadelphia and brought to the…
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‘Lost Souls’ memorial will honor victims of East Brunswick slave owner
EAST BRUNSWICK–Striving to build a monument to honor victims of Judge Jacob Van Wickle’s slave ring, The Unitarian Society launched the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project. The project would honor more than 90 African Americans who were sold into slavery by Wickle in 1818, by building a memorial at the East Brunswick Municipal Complex, according to…
