New Jersey didn’t end slavery with the Civil War. Many Northern Democrats, not just in New Jersey, were pro-slavery or at least tolerated it, believing it was the states’ right to choose.

Juneteenth is a holiday both to celebrate freedom and to remember the deep injustice of slavery. On June 19, 1865, the last enslaved people in the South were freed when Union troops marched into ...

There are 1.2 million Black people in New Jersey, which makes up about 15% of the state's population, according to U.S census data. New Jersey was known as the “slave state of the North," as it was ...

The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice launched the New Jersey Reparations Council to determine how to compensate Black people impacted by the legacy of slavery in the Garden State.

The New Jersey Reparations Council's long-awaited report, being presented at NJPAC on June 19, is the result of two years of work.

NJ Spotlight News: June 20, 2025. 6/20/2025 | 26m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. A look into New Jersey's role in slavery and its ties to the current racial landscape. Aired 06/20/2025 ...

A new exhibit at the Monmouth County Historical Association is exploring the history of slavery in New Jersey.

In 1854, an escaped slave from Virginia, Anthony Burns, was living and working in Boston. The slaveholder who claimed ownership of the man sought to reclaim him under the Fugitive Slave Act.