Descriptionduring WW I, ca. 1917. The third story of the pier building contained Port of Embarkation Headquarters, Troop Movement &Transportation offices. The third story was added by US after 1917.
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
DescriptionStory from the New Jersey Freeman orginally from the Liberty Press of Utica, NY. The story goes a black man, on a dark train was talking with a bunch of whitemen as their equal. When the morning...
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...