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SLAVERY - IT HAPPENED HERE, TOO

On June 6, 2023 The Sankofa Collaborative will present "Slavery - It Happened Here, Too."

This full-day program, generously sponsored by the NJ Council for the Humanities, will be held at Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ.

African American History scholar Dr. Kendra Boyd will be our keynote speaker. Dr. Linda Caldwell Epps, President and CEO of 1804 Consultants will moderate.

Panel presentations will highlight the themes of enslavement as wealth generator in New Jersey’s early development and as the foundation of New Jersey’s educational and cultural institutions and document resilience and resistance among New Jersey’s enslaved people.

Presenters include Ms. Beverly Mills and Ms. Elaine Buck, Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum; Ms. Elizabeth Allan, Morven Museum & Garden; Dr. Jay-Paul Hinds, Princeton Theological Seminary; Dr. Isabella Morales, The Princeton & Slavery Project; Dr. Jude Pfister, Morristown National Historic Park; Dr. Patricia Pongracz, Macculloch Hall Historical Museum; and Mr. Joseph Zemla, Monmouth County Historical Association.

COMING SOON TO A BOOKSTORE YEAR YOU

Sankofa Collaborative partners Beverly Mills and Elaine Buck are set to release their second book on New Jersey. It will be available on July 3rd. We can't wait to add it to our bookshelves!

MORE UPCOMING EVENTS

For more articles, guides and other materials, visit the Sankofa Collaborative's Program Archives and Resources page.

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The Sankofa Collaborative helps people learn about, understand, and discuss African American history in schools, museums, libraries, civic groups, and other settings.

The Collaborative is the work of five New Jersey organizations - 1804 Consultants, Grounds For Sculpture, The New Jersey Historical Society, Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum, and the William Trent House Museum. Our programs and website are made possible through generous grants from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and the New Jersey Historical Commission.

Sankofa, a word from the Twi language of Ghana, translates to "go back and get it." It is often depicted by a bird with its body facing forward and its head turned back, holding a precious egg. This and other Sankofa symbols remind us of the importance of learning from the past.

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