The grant will help fund the research, preparation and marketing of a themed audio tour on Camden County sites that are associated with the story of the Underground Railroad in New Jersey.  The tour materials will be available as pod casts for downloading from the South Jersey Tourism Corporation web site. 

Three of the sites (the Peter Mott House, Macedonia AME Church and Croft Farm) are Underground Railroad stations.  Mount Peace Cemetery, established 1902, is the first regional non-sectarian black burial ground in Camden County and resting place to many African American War veterans, including a Civil War Medal of Honor recipient.  Haddonfield, founded with a strong Quaker citizenship, historically guaranteed a strong, public abolitionist attitude in the County.  Together, the five sites tell a compelling story of Camden County’s role in helping runaway slaves to freedom and providing a safe environment for those freed blacks who chose to settle in the region.

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