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Date Created1845-02-28

DescriptionList of Liberty or abolitionist newspapers in the United States. Also included are the breakdown of New Jersey's liberty vote in the 1844 Presidential election.

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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TitleNew Jersey slave case

Date Created1845-08-01

DescriptionArticle from New Jersey Freeman about New Jersey Judge's decision to allow a slave to remain the property of a white man who moved to New Jersey from the South. The Judge stated, "The Constitution has...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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TitleThe grave in the wilderness

Date Created1844-12-31

DescriptionArticle from the New Jersey Freeman. A story of a slave and his wife also a slave, who were separated when another slave-owner bought the wife. The story tells the harsh reality of slave life, as...

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TitleThe poor voters song

Date Created1844-12-31

DescriptionPoem from New Jersey Freeman about the way the poor voted during the 19th century. "So they offered me a bribe...my vote is not mine." Political parties use to gain votes by buying them.

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TitleRecord of officers and men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Vol II: Compiled in the office of the Adjutant General

Date Created1876

DescriptionThis is volume II of the registry of New Jersey soldiers in the War of the Rebellion, the United States Civil War, by William S. Stryker. This volume continues the list and finishes with a report of...

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TitleOriginal home of Relief Fire Company

Date Created

DescriptionSold for $12 in 1827 and moved to St. Andrews for a tool shed

Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)

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TitleMount Holly High School, southeast corner

Date Created

DescriptionPost card view of the high school from the southeast

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)