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Timbuctoo Historical Society

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Timbuctoo was settled by formerly enslaved and free African Americans, beginning in 1826


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Timbuctoo Historical Society

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Timbuctoo was settled by formerly enslaved and free African Americans, beginning in 1826


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Guy Weston_Timbuctoo Machell Still-Pettis_Still Family Preserving Timbuctoo
Approaching 200 Years of History,

Timbuctoo's Evolution Continues

Read Preservation New Jersey's June 2021 profile on preservation efforts in Timbuctoo

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Selected Press Coverage

March 22, 2021

Bill linking state's Black heritage has South Jersey lawmaker's backing

By Joseph P. Smith

Vineland daily Journal/Burlington County Times

December 8, 2020

RV history teachers win award for developing lesson about local community of former slaves

By Jarrad Daniel Saffren

Burlington County Times



February 27, 2020

Timbuctoo, Historic African American Cemeteries celebrated in Burlington

By Lisa Broadt

Burlington County Times



September 19, 2019

Timbuctoo Day to commemorate 400th anniversary of beginning of slavery

By Gianluca D’Elia

Burlington County Times



March 15, 2019

Group works to bring Westampton's Timbuctoo history to students

By: Anthony Di Mattia, Burlington County Times

September 25, 2018

New Interpretive signs tell Timbuctoo history in Westampton

By: Danielle DeSisto, Burlington County Times

June 1, 2015

Westampton to form Timbuctoo committee to enhance historic African-American village site

By: Joe Green, Burlington County Times

May 24, 2015

Honoring what lies beneath

By: Alfred Lubrano, Philadelphia Inquirer

February 15, 2015

Descendant says Burlington County village of ex-slaves included free blacks

By: Jan Hefler, Philadelphia Inquirer

August 3, 2010

Excavation of sites such as Timbuctoo, NJ is helping to rewrite African American history

By: DeNeen Brown, Washington Post

December 18, 2005

Resident determined to revive historic Timbuctoo neighborhood

By: Kevin Riordan, Courier Post

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