The first African slaves appearing in English records were owned by Colonel Lewis Morris in Shrewsbury, in 1790 New Jersey's slave population African American numbered approximately 14,000 people.
The first African slaves appearing in English records were owned by Colonel Lewis Morris in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County. According to historian Giles Wright, in 1790 New Jersey's slave population (by then chiefly African American) numbered approximately 14,000 people.