The Lenape tribe, also known as the Delaware Nation, lived for centuries on the land that English colonists named New Jersey. Driven west to Indiana, Missouri, and finally to Oklahoma,… Continue reading “VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK – On the Turtle’s Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their Grandchildren”
Southern New Jersey was a hotbed of slave fugitives, freedmen and abolitionists in the Civil War era. Activists such as Harriet Tubman, Abigail Goodwin and Benjamin Sheppard assisted runaway slaves… Continue reading “VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK – Abolition and the Underground Railroad in South Jersey”
New Jersey is the Garden State and as the name implies, we have a rich history of agriculture that has helped define our state. An important group of people who… Continue reading “VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK – Speaking Yiddish to Chickens: Holocaust Survivors on South Jersey Poultry Farms”
As a northern state, New Jersey and its role in African Americans’ struggles for civil rights is often overlooked or disregarded in favor of the narratives coming from southern states.… Continue reading “VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK – The Georgia of the North: Black Women and the Civil Rights Movement in New Jersey”
New Jersey was the “Crossroads of the American Revolution,” and as battles raged, colonial taverns formed the social network that held the state together. A haven for Patriots and Loyalists… Continue reading “VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK – Colonial Taverns of New Jersey: Libations, Liberty and Revolution”
New Jersey has a rich history of agriculture and is renowned for many types of crops, from peaches, to blueberries, to corn. Those who committed their efforts to the cultivation… Continue reading “VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK – Puerto Rican Farmworkers in the Garden State, 1950s-1970s”
Written by Andrew DauphineePublished on January 16, 2024 New Jersey has such a rich history, especially at the local level, and houses are an important part of that tapestry. Thank… Continue reading “Researching the History of a New Jersey House”
