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Witness Stones Project Comes to New Jersey to Honor, Remember Enslaved Teen

WSP · Apr 28, 2022 ·

Thursday, April 28, 2022 – Witness Stones Project installation ceremony at the Old School Baptist Church on Broad Street, honoring Friday Truehart, who was enslaved in Hopewell at the age of 13 by Rev. Oliver Hart.Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

 

By Michael Mancuso for NJ Advance Media for NJ.com on April 28, 2022

More than 240 years ago, in Charleston, South Carolina, a 13-year-old African American boy named Friday Trueheart was separated from his mother Dinah, when their enslaver, the Rev. Oliver Hart, came north to New Jersey and took the young teen with him.

Oliver would become the new pastor at the Old School Baptist Church, which still stands on West Broad Street in Hopewell.

On Thursday, a Witness Stone — a permanent brass marker to memorialize an enslaved individual — was unveiled on the ground in front of the church by Truehart’s direct descendant and family matriarch Patricia True Payne. Continue reading.

Witness Stones Installation Ceremony: Honoring Friday Truehart

WSP · Apr 28, 2022 ·

We invite you to watch the program below and to read the program here.

Students from Timberlane Middle School Honor Friday Truehart

WSP · Apr 28, 2022 ·

 

April 28, 2022

Students from Timberlane Middle School gathered today to honor Friday Truehart. This is the capstone of work they have been doing this spring with the Witness Stones Project. The have shared their work on their website. We invite you to visit to learn more.

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