In 1784, a woman was murdered in Upper Freehold. The murderer was found guilty, but then let go. Historian Sue Kozel pieces ...
This being African American History Month it's a good time to shed light on a town in South Jersey that was part of the ...
William Still (born October 7, 1821 - died July 14, 1902) born in Shamong Township, New Jersey, USA. A former slave who taught himself how to read and write, and became a wealthy man leaving ...
Montclair Public Library invites the public to a free screening of the three-part NJ PBS documentary series “The Price of ...
slavery in Northern states like New York and New Jersey remained a cornerstone of the economy. New York City itself housed ...
Dempsey Daniel Butler arrived in Camden, New Jersey, in the 1840s ... "They were probably slaves before they went to the war. But they fought." The historic Butler Cemetery is also the final ...
New Jersey. Finley believed that blacks would never be fully integrated into American society and that they would only be able to fulfill their potential as human beings in Africa, the "land of ...
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin has announced a lawsuit ... Amendment followed the only brief period in American ...
The Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol. 78, No. 1 (AUTUMN-WINTER 2020), pp. 71-87 (17 pages) Gary K. Wolinetz, “New Jersey Slavery and the Law,” Rutgers Law Review 50 (1997–98): 2246. 2. Guy ...