Afro-Americans in New Jersey

Afro-Americans in New Jersey: a short history. Giles R. Wright; Trenton, NJ, New Jersey Historical Commission, 1989. picture: Portion of the 1841 Douglass Map Showing the Location of the African Burying Ground near the Intersection of Pine St. and Johnston Ave. Courtesy Jersey City Free Public Library

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• Afro-Americans in New Jersey
• Annual Report of the Inspector of Factories and Workshops, 1883-1904
• Battles and Skirmishes of the American Revolution in New Jersey
• Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Industries of New Jersey Annual Reports, 1878-1917
• Corporations of New Jersey:List of Certificates to December 31, 1911
• Forums Institute for Public Policy Issue Briefs
• History of the New Jersey A.M.E. Church
• Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey (1872-1922)
• Modern Forms of Municipal Governments
• Morgan’s History of the New Jersey Conference
• Municipalities in New Jersey by County
• New Jersey City Directories at the New Jersey State Library
• New Jersey Constitutional Convention Proceedings 1947
• New Jersey in the American Revolution 1763-1783: A Chronology
• New Jersey in the American Revolution 1763-1783: A Documentary History
• New Jersey’s Revolutionary Experience
• Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War
• Report of the Attorney General’s Task Force on Sovereign Immunity
• Report to the Governor on the Subject of Tort Reform
• Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865
• Report of the Study Commission on Parole
• The Governors of New Jersey 1664-1974: Biographical Essays
• The New Jersey African American History Curriculum
• The Origin of New Jersey Place Names
• Trenton Illustrated
• Cover and front material.
• Introduction. (pages 13-18)
• Colonial Period to 1790. (pages 18-24)
• 1790 to 1870, first part. (pages 25-35)
• 1790 to 1870, second part.(pages 36-45)
• 1870 to 1910. (pages 45-54)
• 1910 to 1940. (pages 54-68)
• 1940 to 1980s. (pages 68-78)
• Appendixes 1-3. (pages 79-87)
• Appendix 4. (pages 88-98)
• Suggested Readings. (pages 99-100)