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PRESS COVERAGE

Guy Weston and Mary Weston discuss Timbuctoo history in their family
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






See news segment here
March 23, 2026

CBS Philadelphia

 

New historical marker at New Jersey's Timbuctoo helping preserve Black history


By Wakisha Bailey



See news segment here
Rancocas Valley High School students discuss Timbuctoo
February 25, 2025

CBS Philadelphia

 

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


By Wakisha Bailey



See news segment here
June 17, 2025

CBS Philadelphia

Timbuctoo descendants fighting to keep Timbuctoo history alive 


By Wakisha Bailey



See news segment here
Guy Weston discusses family documents in Timbuctoo
February 18, 2025

Fox Philadelphia

 

Inside the significance of Timbuctoo history, New Jersey


By Jennifer Lee



See news segment here
October 25, 2025

Courier Post

South Jersey well represented on Black Heritage Trail


By Celeste E. Whitaker



Read article here
Guy Weston and Mary Weston discuss Timbuctoo history in the Timbuctoo cemetery
February 27, 2023

Philadelphia Inquirer

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

By Kevin Riordan



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Guy Weston talks about Timbuctoo's history with Mount Moriah AME Church in Mount Holly, New Jersey
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

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Selected Press Coverage

May 2, 2024

What sites are part of Black Heritage Trail in NJ? 

By Celeste Whitaker

Cherry Hill Courier Post

February 1, 2024

7 things to do in South Jersey for Black History Month

By Celeste Whitaker

Cherry Hill Courier Post

February 27, 2023

Timbuctoo is a historically Black hamlet with an inspiring past and an uncertain future

By Kevin Riordan

Philadelphia Inquirer

January 30, 2023

Discover New Jersey’s Underground  Railroad Stop at Timbuctoo 

By Sue Fajgier 

Discover New Jersey

February 22, 2022

What happened to the dozens of Black towns that once existed in South Jersey? 

By Celeste Whittaker and Nicolette White

Cherry Hill Courier Post

February 21, 2022

Not teachers, but they work hard to fill the gaps about South Jersey's Black history

By Phaedra Trethan

Cherry Hill Courier-Post

February 15, 2022

Preservation of Black burial grounds could uncover hundreds of unmarked graves.  

By Nicolette White

Burlington County Times

February 9, 2022

The Trent House Association presents a virtual talk on Timbuctoo 

By Dan Aubrey

PrincetonInfo

February 5, 2022

Online presentation to explore South Jersey community of freed slaves

By Community Bulletin

NewJersey.com

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

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