"The Black Settlements of Salem County and the Underground Railroad"

Greetings--
The Genealogical Society of Salem County will host a 

program entitled "The Black Settlements of Salem County 

and the Underground Railroad" presented by Janet Sheridan 

on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 7:00 pm in the Friends 

Village Auditorium in Woodstown, NJ.
Janet Sheridan is a cultural landscape historian based in 

Salem County with 30 years of experience in preservation 

activism, restoration architecture and project management, 

cultural resource survey, National Register listings, and 

historic building documentation. A qualified preservation 

professional, she earned a Master's degree in Historic 

Preservation at the University of Delaware.  Her research 

topics include colonial timber frame architecture, African 

American sites, and farmsteads in southern New Jersey.
Her presentation "The Black Settlements of Salem County 

and the Underground Railroad" will discuss the role of 

African Americans and their settlements in southwestern 

New Jersey in aiding freedom seekers before the Civil War. 

Through the lens of geography, she refines the historically 

understood map of routes through the region.
This program is free and open to the public. For more info, 

visit www.gsscnj.org, 

email genealogicalsocietysalemcounty@gmail.com, 

or call 609-670-0407.