Tag: Van Wickle
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Panel to discuss Van Wickle Slave Ring on Feb. 17
The Unitarian Society of East Brunswick will hold a panel discussion informing the community about the Van Wickle Slave Ring of 1818, how nearly 100 enslaved African Americans were sent into permanent bondage by Judge Jacob Van Wickle, and the victims of white supremacy, during a presentation from 7-9 p.m. on Feb. 17 at the…
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Van Wickle Road could bear two street signs
It’s not so surprising that the residents of Van Wickle Road in East Brunswick aren’t thrilled with the inconvenience a change in the name of their road would cause. But, I happen to know that some in that community are moved by the information that their street was named after a slaver and would prefer…
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Reader does not support changing street names
I am completely against changing the names of street signs in East Brunswick because of who their names may represent. Street signs should be there to mark a location and provide direction, not to express a town’s social ideology. If Mr. Richard Walling decided to go through every street sign in East Brunswick and look…
