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URL:https://250.mercercountynj.gov/events/abolition-and-the-underground-ra
 ilroad-in-south-jersey/
SUMMARY:Abolition and the Underground Railroad in South Jersey
DESCRIPTION:Southern New Jersey in the Civil War era was a hotbed of fugiti
 ves from slavery\, freedmen and abolitionists. Activists such as Harriet T
 ubman\, Abigail Goodwin and Benjamin Sheppard assisted runaway slaves alon
 g the Underground Railroad in daring flights at night in the forests of th
 e Pine Barrens. Abolitionists flashed lights from their boats in the marsh
 lands of the Delaware Bay to signal to agents on land that fugitive slaves
  were on board. Please join us with author Ellen D. Alford as she recounts
  compelling narratives of abolition and the Underground Railroad in South 
 Jersey.
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CATEGORIES:Historical
LOCATION:https://events.mcl.org/event/15824830
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