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The Preserving Black Haddonfield History Project

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Our speakers will be:  C. Adrienne Rhodes, Co-Founder and Executive Editor of PRESERVE: Narratives from Historic Haddonfield’s African-American Community; and Dr. Dyann Waugh, featured in the inaugural PRESERVE edition.  She previously attended Haddonfield Meeting.

Worship is 10-11 AM, and the program will start about 11:15 AM.

This project was created to educate the general population and celebrate the African-American community that once thrived in Haddonfield, this project has created a walking tour and online map with information about churches, schools, businesses, and homes. Many of these historic sites were located on or near Ellis Street, as well as Lincoln, Douglass, and E. Park Avenues.  The Project’s website (accessed via the Haddonfield Library) includes oral histories from elders in the community and a docu-series.  Historical markers will be placed along the tour route.

339 MANUMISSIONS AND BEYOND PROJECT

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Avis Wanda McClinton and Kitty Taylor Mizuno will talk about the 339 Project.  Pennsylvania was the first colony/state to implement gradual manumission of all enslaved African people. Between 1765-1790, Quakers living in the greater Philadelphia area released – manumitted – 413 enslaved Africans; these manumission documents are preserved by Haverford College.  In 2020 a new database – “About Manumitted: the people Enslaved by Quakers” – was placed online, providing detailed information included in 339 manumission documents.  The 339 Project wants to know:  What happened to these manumitted people? Funds are being raised to support research by Howard University students, to answer these questions.   Worship is 10-11 AM, followed by the program starting about 11:15 AM.

John Woolman: An Early Quaker Abolitionist

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Charles Bruder, Director of the Woolman Memorial, will share stories from the life of John Woolman, who was an 18th century Quaker, a man of peace and disciple of Christ.   He identified slavery as the major issue of his day and provided an example of non-participation: he refused to write wills, bills of sale, or any other document that perpetuated slavery.

Woolman boycotted all products associated with slave labor including tobacco, silver, rum, sugar, and dye.  A resident of Mt. Holly, he travelled to speak with Friends, including early members of Haddonfield Friends Meeting, and encouraged them to manumit all Africans they held in bondage.

Meeting for Worship begins at 10 AM, followed by the program about 11:15 AM,

Burlington, Haddonfield, and Salem Quarters come together to launch South Jersey Quakers website

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In 2018, Friends at Burlington, Haddonfield, and Salem Quarters connected to discuss a program on meetings with dwindling memberships. Together, they explored ways to collaborate and increase communications and activities among the three Quarters. The idea for a South Jersey Quakers website emerged, one that would use the same name as the Facebook account already publicizing local events. The website is now live, and they are still building a variety of content to offer.

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