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Timbuctoo history: decades before the Civil War, free Black Americans thrived in this village in South Jersey
By Wakisha Bailey

New Jersey high school students learn Timbuctoo history and how their communities shaped local Black history
By Wakisha Bailey

Timbuctoo descendants fighting to keep Timbuctoo history alive
By Wakisha Bailey

Inside the significance of Timbuctoo history, New Jersey
By Jennifer Lee

South Jersey well represented on Black Heritage Trail
By Celeste E. Whitaker

Timbuctoo is a historically Black hamlet with an inspiring past and an uncertain future.
By Kevin Riordan

Pictured to the left is Mount Moriah AME Church, originally founded in 1826. This was the same year Timbuctoo was first settled and was the home church for many Timbuctoo residents. Photo and article by Sue Fajgier

Founded nearly 4 decades before the Civil War! Full text of article from New Jersey Studies Winter 2022 edition here
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