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60 years before Juneteenth, free Black Americans thrived in this South Jersey town

Aaron Douglas African-American painter, illustrator and visual arts educator Rutgers University–Camden regional campus of Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey, United States Juneteenth National Independence Day Act law designating Juneteenth as a United States federal holiday
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Timbuctoo's story: decades before Juneteenth, free Black Americans thrived in this village in South Jersey

Decades before Juneteenth, free Black Americans thrived in the South Jersey community of Timbuctoo. Meet the native son trying to preserve its history.

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Timbuctoo: 60 years before Juneteenth, free Black Americans thrived in this South Jersey town

Formerly enslaved people were free in Timbuctoo, New Jersey 60 years before Juneteenth - the national holiday marking Union troops' arrival in Texas to carry out the Emancipation Proclamation. Tucked in Westampton, Burlington County, the site includes gravestones of Black soldiers who fought in the Civil War. Wakisha Bailey reports.

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