Resources on the Trans-Atlantic Human Trade in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Trans-Atlantic Voyages of Captive Africans to Perth Amboy | Open Tour
Perth Amboy, New Jersey – Annotated Bibliography
Photo Archive – New Jersey
Disclaimer:
The content of these documents provides details of the Middle Passage, specific vessels transporting captive Africans, the arrival of these people, and the ubiquity of slavery. The following resources include racist language as well as references to violence, dehumanization, and the enslavement of Africans. The language contained in the following documents may be upsetting to some readers.
Books and Literature
The Ragged Road to Abolition: Slavery and Freedom in New Jersey, 1775-1865 Scarlet and Black: Slavery and Dispossession in Rutgers History Legal Positivism, Abolitionist Litigation, and the New Jersey Slave Case of 1845 | Law and History Review
Newspaper Articles and Colonial Documents
Lloyd List No. 2788 The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807 : Jay Coughtry Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, Vol. III Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, Vol. III Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, Vol. III Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, Vol. III
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Further Reading
Slavery in New Jersey
New York and the Slave Trade, 1700 to 1774
Middle Passage: Perth Amboy NJ honors African slaves with Port Marker
Trading In Jersey Souls: | Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies
Ports of Slavery, Ports of Freedom: How Slaves Used Northern Seaports’ Maritime Industry to Escape and Create Trans-Atlantic Identies, 1713-1783 by Charles R. Foy
