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June 12, 2024
CBS Philadelphia
Timbuctoo history: decades before the Civil War, free Black Americans thrived in this village in South Jersey
By Wakisha Bailey
February 25, 2025
CBS Philadelphia
New Jersey high school students learn Timbuctoo history and how their communities shaped local Black history
By Wakisha Bailey
June 17, 2025
CBS Philadelphia
Timbuctoo descendants fighting to keep Timbuctoo history alive
By Wakisha Bailey
February 18, 2025
Fox Philadelphia
Inside the significance of Timbuctoo history, New Jersey
By Jennifer Lee
October 25, 2025
Courier Post
South Jersey well represented on Black Heritage Trail
By Celeste E. Whitaker
February 27, 2023
Philadelphia Inquirer
Timbuctoo is a historically Black hamlet with an inspiring past and an uncertain future.
By Kevin Riordan
January 30, 2023
Discover New Jersey's Underground Railroad stop at Timbuctoo
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
February 10, 2022
Check this out for an overview of Timbuctoo history
Founded nearly 4 decades before the Civil War! Full text of article from New Jersey Studies Winter 2022 edition here