In Your Neighborhood
Tracing New Jersey's rich roots of abolitionism
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Correspondent Michael Hill takes a look at New Jersey's rich abolitionist past.
New Jersey has a rich abolitionist past. In one town, residents literally took up arms to ward off slave catchers. In another, a major stop on the Underground Railroad is now a museum. In Newark, a family can trace its abolitionist roots to the late 1700s.
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In Your Neighborhood is a local public television program presented by NJ PBS
In Your Neighborhood
Tracing New Jersey's rich roots of abolitionism
Clip: Special | 5m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
New Jersey has a rich abolitionist past. In one town, residents literally took up arms to ward off slave catchers. In another, a major stop on the Underground Railroad is now a museum. In Newark, a family can trace its abolitionist roots to the late 1700s.
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