Adapted from leaflet by Giles Wright

Power Point by Joseph M. Laufer

African American Historic Sites

1. Bordentown Twp. (Training Center)

2.-8. Burlington City (Allen, Wheatleys, Cromwell, Island, Bethlehem AME, Friends Mtg., Wesley AME)

9. Westampton (Timbuctoo)

10. 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)

BORDENTOWN

New Jersey Manual Traning and Industrial School

For Colored Youth (“Old Ironsides”)

Also known as the Johstone Training Center

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.

William R. Allen SchoolWall Street/Mitchell Avenue, Burlington City

Succeeded a black school built in 1870

Burlington Pharmacy – 301 High Street, Burlington City

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

Burlington Island, Delaware River, Burlington City

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

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

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)

TIMBUCTOO

Church St., Blue Jay Hill

Westampton

John Woolman Memorial House, 99 Branch Street, Mount Holly

The John Woolman Memorial – 99 Branch St., Mt. Holly

John Woolman: October 19, 1720 – October 7, 1772

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 WoolmanEssays

• "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.

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 .

Charity StillCharity StillShamong, New JerseyShamong, New Jersey

1775 - 18571775 - 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”

Historic Marker

Located on Stokes Road in Shamong Township in front of Pine Belt Recreation Complex

Dr. James StillBlack Doctor of the Pines

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

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

Office (preserved)

206

William Still

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

Isaac Evans/Thomsa Evans House

875 East Tuckerton Road, Evesham

Jacob’s Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Church

Elbo Lane (Rt. #612) near Moorestown-Mount Laurel Rd., Mt. Laurel

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

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

War Veterans.

Burial place of

Dr. James Still

Black Doctor of the Pines

Elisha Barklow House

274 West Main Street, Moorestown

Established 1873 as the Free Gospel Church at

Wrightsville. In 1905 it changed its name to Trinity AME Church

Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church

307 North Fork Landing Road (North of Church Road), Cinnaminson

This section of Cinnaminson was once known as

Wrightsville

“Harmony Cemetery for Negroes” at Wrightsville – 1860s

Cemetery of Trinity Church

“Harmony Cemetery for Negroes”

Contains the tombs of several Civil War veterans. A few of the

stones are hand-inscribed, as shown on the right.

Special thanks to the New Jersey Historical Commission and Giles Wright, Director of the Afro-American History Program.

A Division of Cultural Affairs and Tourism Production

2008