Lost Souls Public Memorial Projec
Location: Somerset
Website: https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/
Grant Round: Winter 2023
Award: Incubation / $5,320
Purpose: To develop a digital history trail mapping the story of the Lost Souls—137 African Americans from New Jersey who were kidnapped and sold into permanent slavery in the South by a ring organized by a corrupt Middlesex County judge in 1818.
To develop a digital history trail mapping the story of the Lost Souls—137 African Americans from New Jersey who were kidnapped and sold into permanent slavery in the South by a ring organized by a corrupt Middlesex County judge in 1818.
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