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Macedonia A.M.E. Church (1832) Camden, NJ

This is the oldest Black church in Camden, New Jersey.  Local lore maintains that this 1832 building served as an Underground Railroad site for slaves conducted to freedom by Philadelphia abolitionist William Still.

(SOURCE: THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY’S VISITORS GUIDE)

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