It started in 1630, when 50 Africans were trafficked to Hudson County and became the “first Black residents of New Jersey.”
The Legacy Museum in Alabama memorializes Africans who died in transport across the Atlantic Ocean during the slave trade.Forced labor in iron mines in Monmouth County, plantations in Hudson County and trafficking through Atlantic ports all contributed to New Jersey’s role in the devastation created by the Transatlantic Slave Trade, according to a report detailing the roots of one of the most “horrific eras in world history.
More than 12.5 million Africans were kidnapped through the Transatlantic Slave Trade and transported to America in the 16th to 19th centuries, the report said. Only 10.7 million survived the journey. From there, New Jersey began to codify slavery through laws, or slave codes, legalizing it as an institution and making it an essential component to the region’s economic development, according to the report.
“These were rigid laws imposed by New Jersey policymakers to restrict the opportunity for freedom for enslaved people,” said Stevenson. “So, like other states, New Jersey really rejected the idea that Black people could be the equal of white people.”In Monmouth County, there was an iron mine called the Tinton Manor ironworks, which relied heavily on the labor of enslaved people, the report said.
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