Routes of the North Star J / PA / NY
November 18, 2011
Written by: Lawrence E. Walker Foundation, 2005 Fleeing slaves flocked to the Underground Railroad between…
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Rebecca May Story Kingston, NJ (1872-1975)
November 18, 2011
http://www.RutgersUniversity.edu She grew up in Kinston, New Jersey, in the late 1800's with her family…
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Nate & Sarah Woodward Basking Ridge, NJ (1791-1901)
November 18, 2011
Nate Woodward and his wife, Farah, lived in and old run down 11/2 story pre-revolutionary…
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John Dumont Story Somerset, New Jersey (1741)
November 18, 2011
John Dumont lived in Raritan Landing, he had a big farm of 650 acres…
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Jean Blair (1700) Somerset, NJ
November 18, 2011
She did not have any children, but there was plenty of work to do and…
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Read moreHistory of Essex County, NJ
November 17, 2011
Written by: Essex County, 2011 The recorded history of Essex County begins in 1666, when…
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Read moreDolly Cooper Basking Ridge, NJ (1776-1864)
November 17, 2011
Dolly Cooper, who had been an 18 year old servant at the widow Whites Tavern…
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Read moreBlacks on the Mountain
November 17, 2011
SILVIA AND ELIZABETH 1883 It was not until 1821 that New Jersey passed the first…
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Read moreBill (slave) Story Runaway African American
November 17, 2011
He was a good baker so he knew he could get work some where else,…
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Read more22nd United State Colored Infantry
November 17, 2011
Almost 2,900 Black Jersey-Men served as enlisted men in the ranks of United State Colored…
