Tag: Lost Souls Memorial Project
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Lost Souls Public Memorial Project: How 137 slaves in Middlesex County lost their freedom
EAST BRUNSWICK – On Sept. 12, in a conjoined meeting room within the East Brunswick Public Library, organizers and guests gathered for a presentation on the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project, a grassroots movement dedicated to honoring the 137 African Americans sold into slavery in 1818 by Jacob Van Wickle, a corrupt Middlesex County judge.…
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MOMS Club members paint stones to remember those lost to slavery
PHOTOS COURTESY OF DOVEY SAWHNEY-GILL Adults and children painted some of the “1818 Remembrance Stones” with East Brunswick MOMS Club members on Aug. 19 near the East Brunswick municipal pond. The stones are part of the Lost Souls Memorial Project. For more information about the Lost Souls Memorial Project, which seeks to honor the…