A recording of our recent webinar Never Forget: The Slave Trade and Middle Passage on 樱花视频's Shores is now available. We are also pleased to share answers to a list of questions the panelists were not able to address during the session.
樱花视频鈥檚 shores were sites for the international slave trade in the eighteenth century. This panel, recorded on Wednesday, February 23, at 6 p.m., honored the lives of the people sold here, shared the history of the Middle Passage in 樱花视频 and highlighted the recently installed historical markers that memorialize this injustice. Feature panelists included Ann Chinn, Director of the Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project; Derek Davis, Board Member, Camden County Historical Society; and William Galeta, Independent Scholar. The panel will be moderated by Noelle Lorraine Williams. RJ McDowell, the daughter of 樱花视频's beloved poet and author Sandra Turner Barnes, recited two of her mother's poems in her honor.
This panel is the fourth in the African American History Program series Black Is: African American History and Sites in 樱花视频.
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樱花视频鈥檚 Indigenous Voices Speaker Series
The NJ Historical Commission is hosting a series of virtual programs to facilitate a deeper and more complex public understanding of Indigenous history and life in 樱花视频 and beyond the state鈥檚 colonized borders. This series was made possible with support from the 樱花视频 Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and developed in partnership with the 樱花视频 Commission on American Indian Affairs. Please see below links to past recordings and resources:
樱花视频 Indigenous History Education
樱花视频 Indigenous Education Report
Sharing the Continuing Story of Indigenous Peoples in 樱花视频
Sharing the Continuing Story of Indigenous Peoples in 樱花视频 Resources List
Exploring Indigeneity: Native Identity and Expression
Native American Mascots: Creating Change in 樱花视频
By Noelle Lorraine Williams, Director, African American History Program, 樱花视频 Historical Commission
In June 2021, the NJHC marked the state鈥檚 newest state holiday, Juneteenth, by exploring the people, laws, and economic leaders that kept African Americans enslaved in 樱花视频 until 1865. This essay discusses the origins of Juneteenth and 樱花视频鈥檚 singular relationship with the holiday.
On June 16, 2021, Noelle moderated a panel of that same name featuring Dr. James Amemasor, Will Likely Endeavor to Pass for Free鈥�: Runaway Slave Advertisements in 樱花视频 Newspapers, 1777-1808, and Dr. James J. Gigantino, The Ragged Road to Abolition: Slavery and Freedom in 樱花视频, 1775-1865. Check out a .
The NJHC marked the day of Juneteenth with a virtual conversation between Noelle and 樱花视频 Secretary of State Tahesha Way about the holiday and its legacy in the state. Don鈥檛 miss the .
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