# @thirteenwnet on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=4xmq5v1dhus
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70461115-thirteenwnet-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/73ea940bce.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03T19:55:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** THIRTEEN (@thirteenwnet) — https://gondola.cc/thirteenwnet

## Caption

In 1818, Middlesex County Judge Jacob Van Winkle exploited New Jersey’s 1804 "Gradual Emancipation Act," using falsified documents to illegally traffic freed and enslaved Black individuals into permanent slavery on southern plantations for financial gain. The film "The Price of Silence" details how corrupt officials operated an illegal slave ring out of the port city of Perth Amboy, and how those held captive resisted as much as they could.

#Shorts #ThePriceOfSilence #LostSoulsProject #BlackHistory #NewJerseyHistory #PerthAmboy #History #Documentary #THIRTEEN #PBS

## Stats

- **Views:** 2,262
- **Likes:** 144
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 7

## Tags

pbs, thepriceofsilence, newjerseyhistory, perthamboy, thirteen, shorts, lostsoulsproject, blackhistory, history, documentary

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