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African American Historic Sites in Burlington County

African American Historic Sites in Burlington County. Adapted from leaflet by Giles Wright Power Point by Joseph M. Laufer. African American Historic Sites. Bordentown Twp. (Training Center) 2.-8. Burlington City (Allen, Wheatleys, Cromwell, Island, Bethlehem AME, Friends Mtg., Wesley AME)

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African American Historic Sites in Burlington County

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  1. African American Historic Sites in Burlington County Adapted from leaflet by Giles Wright Power Point by Joseph M. Laufer

  2. African American Historic Sites • Bordentown Twp. (Training Center) • 2.-8. Burlington City (Allen, Wheatleys, Cromwell, Island, Bethlehem AME, Friends Mtg., Wesley AME) • Westampton (Timbuctoo) • Mt. Holly (Woolman) • 11.-12. Medford (Still, Haines) • 13. Shamong (Charity Still) • 14. Evesham (Evans) • 15. Mt. Laurel (Jacob’s Chapel) • 16. Moorestown (Barcklow) • 17. Cinnaminson (Trinity AME)

  3. BORDENTOWN New Jersey Manual Traning and Industrial School For Colored Youth (“Old Ironsides”) Also known as the Johstone Training Center

  4. William R. Allen School Wall Street/Mitchell Avenue, Burlington City Succeeded a black school built in 1870 From 1900 to the late 1940s, this was Burlington’s racially segregated elementary school for black students. As a neighborhood school, it remained all black until its closure in the 1960s. It figured in the celebrated Pierce Case of 1884 when the NJ Supreme Court ruled that the refusal of Burlington’s white schools to admit the four children of Reverend Jeremiah H. Pierce (Bethlehem AME Church, Pearl Blvd.) was a violation of the NJ School Law of 1881.

  5. Burlington Pharmacy – 301 High Street, Burlington City

  6. Oliver Cromwell House, 114 East Union St., Burlington City

  7. Burlington Island, Delaware River, Burlington City

  8. Bethlehem African Methodist Episcopal Church, 213 Pearl Blvd., Burlington City

  9. Burlington Friends Meeting House, 341 High St., Burlington City

  10. Site of Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 612 High St., Burlington City between the North and South stretches of Route 130 (Currently Walgreen’s Pharmacy. The 1922 church building was demolished in 2002)

  11. TIMBUCTOO Church St., Blue Jay Hill Westampton

  12. John Woolman Memorial House, 99 Branch Street, Mount Holly

  13. The John Woolman Memorial – 99 Branch St., Mt. Holly John Woolman: October 19, 1720 – October 7, 1772

  14. Final days • Woolman's final journey was to England in 1772. During the voyage he stayed in steerage and spent time with the crew rather than in the better accommodations of the other passengers. He attended the London Yearly Meeting, and the Friends there were persuaded to oppose slavery in their Epistle (letter sent to other Friends in other places). John Woolman went from London to York where he contracted smallpox and died. • Woolman’s wife, Sarah Ellis Woolman • is buried in the Mount Holly Friend’s • Burial Ground. They married in 1749. • A son died in infancy; Daughter Mary lived to adulthood. • Works by Woolman • Essays • "Some Considerations on Keeping Negroes", 1753 • "Some Considerations on Keeping Negroes, Part Second", 1762 • "Considerations on Pure Wisdom and Human Policy, on Labor, on Schools, and on the • Right Use of the Lord's Outward Gifts", 1768 • "Considerations on the True Harmony of Mankind, • and How it is to be Maintained", 1770 • Book • The Journal of John Woolman, published posthumously • The Journal of John Woolman is considered to be an important spiritual • document, as shown by its inclusion in the Harvard Classics.

  15. John Woolman (October 19, 1720 – October 7, 1772) was an itinerant Quaker preacher, traveling throughout the American colonies, advocating against conscription, military taxation, and particularly slavery. John Woolman came from a family of Friends (Quakers). His grandfather, also named John Woolman, was one of the early settlers of New Jersey. His father Samuel Woolman was a farmer. Their estate was between Burlington and Mount Holly .

  16. Charity Still Shamong, New Jersey 1775 - 1857 • Born “Sidney Steel” on a plantation in Maryland • During late 17th Century married Levin, a free man • 1804 failed in attempt to escape from slavery with 4 of her children • Second attempt was successful – settled in Shamong with 2 children • Had 18 children: • - William (youngest) – “Father of the Underground Railroad” • - James – “Black Doctor of the Pines”

  17. Historic Marker Located on Stokes Road in Shamong Township in front of Pine Belt Recreation Complex

  18. Dr. James Still Black Doctor of the Pines

  19. 209 Church Road, Medford (east of the intersection of Routes #541 and #616)

  20. Office (preserved) Dr. Still’s home (no longer extant) which was located to the right of his office.

  21. 206 William Still

  22. Dr. George Haines House, 33 North Main St., Medford

  23. Isaac Evans/Thomsa Evans House 875 East Tuckerton Road, Evesham

  24. Jacob’s Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Church Elbo Lane (Rt. #612) near Moorestown-Mount Laurel Rd., Mt. Laurel

  25. Dr. Still’s tomb is the large one at the far right (rear) between the two trees

  26. Cemetery behind Jacob’s Chapel. Includes tombs of several Still Family members, Dr. James Still, as well as several Civil War Veterans.

  27. Burial place of Dr. James Still Black Doctor of the Pines

  28. Elisha Barklow House 274 West Main Street, Moorestown

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