Black Power! 19th Century | Part 2
Newark's First African American Rebellion
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Black Power! 19th Century includes the following: Part 1 and Part 2 , map of Newark Black Power! 19th Century sites , map of New Jersey Black Power! 19th Century site , and an online exhibition Monumental Spirit: Reimagined Sites of 19th Century Newark .
5| Back to Africa? The Underground Railroad and “Annihilating the Colonization Society, Now and Forever”
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White Actors in a Black Liberation Movement
White Action in a Black Liberation Movement Left: White activists in Newark included national figures Angelina Grimké and her partner Theodore Dwight Weld (who resided in nearby Belleville) with Charles Beecher (Harriet Beecher Stowe's brother). In this artistic re-creation, they stand in front of First Free Presbyterian Church in Newark, New Jersey. The church was initially created for mainly white migrants who could not afford to pay for pews. Later, it became known as a "nigger" church by Newarker's for hosting anti-slavery meetings. Right: Following racist riots in Manhattan in 1834, whites in Newark attempted to tear down Fourth Presbyterian Church when Reverend Weeks brought a Black guest to church while preaching on the "sins of slavery. The Emancipator, and Journal of Public Morals (New York, New York, Tuesday, July 15, 1834
6| Indian, Mulatto and Colored: Blackness as a Political Identity of People of Color
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ADVERTISEMENT Newark Daily Advertiser: "Put in every honest hand a whip." So Shakespeare says and we propose to do so at such prices that any one can afford to lose, and none afford to steal them. L. A. Bragaw, 144 Market st., February 27, 1860.
7| “We Feel Authorized to Call Ourselves A National Council” – The Civil War, Thirteenth Amendment, and Voting Rights
TIP: Want to learn more about the places Black history and activism took place? Check out one of our virtual walking tours of Black Power! sites in downtown Newark or New statewide Jersey.
8| Rebellion in the New Century: Transforming Economic and Political Realities through Culture
Artist Jillian M. Rock captured this image at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020. She is a multidisciplinary artist. "Her current work bears witness to the Black experience through both written and photo essays, with a primary focus on ensuring that Black stories are living and breathing in an archive."
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EXPLORE Black Power! 19th Century Virtual Exhibition | Part 1
Trinity Church Parish Records, 1806-1845 Deaths and Burials Recorded for Blacks
MAPPING BLACK ABOLITIONIST NEWARK
This exhibition prioritizes presenting the ideas, movements, and people of Black abolitionist Newark. But it also shares the sites that mattered to the community here. While most of Newark's 19th-century history has been lost. Some of it still is here "hidden in plain sight." An example of this is the Trinity Church Burial site which is on the grounds of NJPAC. Look below to see marker erected for the enslaved and free Blacks buried there. Image credit: Newark Public Library
Map of Black Abolitionist Newark
Black Power! 19th Century Newark Historical Sites
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Map of Black History Sites in New Jersey
Black Power! 19th Century New Jersey Historical Sites
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