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Red Mill Museum Village
 The picturesque Red Mill Museum Village sits on a tranquil 10-acre site nestled along the banks of the South Branch of the Raritan River in historic Clinton, New Jersey. Open from April to mid-October, the Museum has an outstanding collection of more than 40,000 artifacts. Exhibited on both a permanent and rotating basis, the collection is especially strong in textiles (clothing, quilts, and linens), baskets, Victorian household accessories, woodworking tools, lighting artifacts, farm equipment, and other tools. Special exhibits change annually in the Tomson Gallery of the Red Mill and Gallery. The museum offers a diverse array of educational programs and tours including a program which examines the social, economic and political climate of pre-Civil War America and New Jersey between 1810 and 1860. This program includes viewing specific artifacts and interactive tours of the Red Mill, exploring the abolitionist debate of Fugitive Slave Law, Know-Nothing Party debate on immigration, 19th century labor, Civil War recruitment and drill.
The museum is open early April through mid-October, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sundays: 12noon - 5 p.m.; Admission is Adults -$8, Seniors (65 and over)- $6, and Children (ages 6-12) - $5.
Red Mill Museum Village
56 Main Street
Clinton, New Jersey 08809
(908) 735-4101
http://www.theredmill.org
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Zion Lutheran Church
 New Jersey's oldest Lutheran congregation, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldwick, NJ, was founded by Aree van Guinee, a freed slave. Born in Dutch Guinea, Africa, van Guinee held the congregation's first service on August 1, 1714, at his home. A dedicated Christian concerned about the spiritual welfare of his family and neighbors, the van Guinees had been members of the "Dutch" Lutheran congregation in Manhattan since 1705. Van Guinee later moved his family to the edge of the western frontier (New Jersey) and became a property owner.
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Zion Lutheran Church
16 Miller Avenue
PO Box 41
Oldwick, NJ 08858
(908) 439-2040
ZIONOFOLDWICK@EARTHLINK.NET
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COUNTENANCE: Notable County Facts & Faces
Hunterdon County Slave Manumissions
 The earliest reference to manumission of slaves in the colonial laws of New Jersey was in "An Act for Regulating of Slaves," passed March 11, 1713/1714. This as well as subsequent legislation discouraged the freeing of slaves and placed several requirements on the manumitting slaveowner. Failure to follow such stringent policies would result in the manumission becoming legally void.
This digital collection, presented by the New Jersey Division of Archives and Records Management, includes original manumission papers filed by Hunterdon County slaveowners as early as 1788. Although, well over 500 acts of manumission during the period 1787-1856 are recorded in the Hunterdon County manumission books, original papers for only 56 are included here. The series is arranged chronologically. The items have been listed using the following format: name of slaveowner: name of slave (age if recorded), other identifying information if included, location, date [remarks].
Nationally, the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified by the State of New Jersey on January 23, 1866) outlawed slavery. However, the state's legislature never passed a law actually abolishing the practice.
http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/guides/chncl003.html
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County History and Resource Organizations
Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission
3 Chorister Place
PO Box 2900, Flemington, NJ 08822-2900
Work: 908-788-1256
Fax: 908-534-4395
E-Mail: toad@blast.net
Hunterdon County Historical Society
114 Main Street
Flemington, NJ 08822
(908) 782-1091
Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission
8 Chorister Place
P.O. Box 2900
Flemington, NJ 08822-2900
(908) 788-1256
(908) 788-1259 FAX
cultural@co.hunterdon.nj.us
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