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TitleAfrican Burying Ground, Bedminster, 2016 - Image 1 of 2

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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TitleAfrican Burying Ground, Bedminster, 2016 - Image 2 of 2

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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TitleJersey City, Journal Square, Jackie Robinson statue

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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TitleJersey City, Journal Square, plaque at base of Jackie Robinson statue

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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TitleUnidentified pool of water set in a lot between homes in Paterson, New Jersey

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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TitleGeorge H. Wanton receives the Congressional Medal of Honor in Paterson, New Jersey

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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TitleJane Tuers and Sam Fraunces Depicted by Schoolchildren in 1910

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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TitleThe Negro and New Jersey

Date Issued1965

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TitleBill of Sale for Slave, Jin, 1791

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)

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TitleA True and Perfect Inventory of the Personal Estate of Garrabrant Garrabrants Deceas'd taken by us Robert Sickels Executor and Marytie Garrabrants Executrix

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)