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Date Created1801-2016
DescriptionThis marker designates the location of a burial ground for African American residents of Bedminster, both free men and slaves. Research by members of the Somerset County Historical Society uncovered...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), Contemporary America (1968-present)
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Date Created1801-2016
DescriptionThis marker designates the location of a burial ground for African American residents of Bedminster, both free men and slaves. Research by members of the Somerset County Historical Society uncovered...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), Contemporary America (1968-present)
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Date Created1929
DescriptionUnidentified pool of water set in a lot between homes. Note the two African-American children in the second floor window on the left. Photographed July 9, 1929 by H.B.
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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Date Created2007
DescriptionThis plaque sits at the base of a statue of Jackie Robinson. The statue is in front of the Journal Square Transportation Center and commemorates Jackie Robinson's first minor league baseball game,...
Time PeriodContemporary America (1968-present)
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Date Created2007
DescriptionThis statue of Jackie Robinson sits in front of the Journal Square Transportation Center. Susan Wagner's sculpture commemorates Jackie Robinson's first minor league baseball game, which was played in...
Time PeriodContemporary America (1968-present)
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Date Created1922
DescriptionGeorge H. Wanton was one of the first African Americans to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. After the Spanish-American War was declared, he joined the U.S. Calvary. He was dispatched to...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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Date Created1910
DescriptionStudents depicting Sam Fraunces, who ran Fraunces Tavern in Manhattan, telling Jane Tuers of the village of Bergen that he overheard British soldiers toasting an American traitor named Arnold who was...
Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820), The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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Date Issued1965
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Date Created1791
DescriptionList of possessions of landholder and farmer, including prices in pounds/shillings/pence. Includes housewares and farm implements, as well as livestock and "1 Neagroe Man."
Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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Date Created1791
DescriptionBill of sale in which Mindert Garrabrance sells to Marytie Garrabrance a female slave named Jin and her two children, for the sum of "Forty Pounds New York Currency." Dated May 26, 1791. Signature...
Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)