Tag: slavery
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Unitarian Society receives award for work on Lost Souls Memorial Project
EAST BRUNSWICK – The Unitarian Society congregation in East Brunswick has been chosen to receive this year’s Congregational Society Justice Bennett Award from the international Unitarian Universalist Association for its work on the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project, which aims to build a memorial to the victims of an area slave ring. “The award…
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‘Lost Souls’ memorial will honor victims of East Brunswick slave owner
EAST BRUNSWICK–Striving to build a monument to honor victims of Judge Jacob Van Wickle’s slave ring, The Unitarian Society launched the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project. The project would honor more than 90 African Americans who were sold into slavery by Wickle in 1818, by building a memorial at the East Brunswick Municipal Complex, according to…
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The Metuchen Edison Women’s Club to hold open house Sept. 6
The Metuchen Edison Women’s Club will hold an open house where people can meet the club’s members and learn more about the organization at 7 p.m. on Sept. 6 at The Heritage at Clara Barton, 1015 Amboy Avenue, Edison. The organization is part of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, an international women’s organization dedicated to…