Perth Amboy unveils historic port marker to acknowledge city's role in trans-Atlantic slave trade
Officials in Perth Amboy today unveiled a historic port marker to acknowledge the city's role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
•
Sep 29, 2021, 11:51 AM
•
Updated 1,074 days ago
Share:
More Stories
2:30
Chilly morning, pleasant afternoon Sunday in New Jersey
15m ago1:50
Family of man killed while riding scooter in Elizabeth says they ‘want justice’
52m ago0:26
Man charged with plotting shooting at a New York Jewish center on anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas attack
8h ago2:07
Doctors urge men to get screened during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
8h ago0:33
Officials: 2 dogs killed, FedEx truck destroyed in separate South Brunswick fires
10h ago0:13
Police: Green Brook man wanted for questioning in Newark shooting incident
14h ago2:30
Chilly morning, pleasant afternoon Sunday in New Jersey
15m ago1:50
Family of man killed while riding scooter in Elizabeth says they ‘want justice’
52m ago0:26
Man charged with plotting shooting at a New York Jewish center on anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas attack
8h ago2:07
Doctors urge men to get screened during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
8h ago0:33
Officials: 2 dogs killed, FedEx truck destroyed in separate South Brunswick fires
10h ago0:13
Police: Green Brook man wanted for questioning in Newark shooting incident
14h ago
Officials in Perth
Amboy today unveiled a historic port marker to acknowledge the city's role in
the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Perth Amboy hosted
a Middle Passage Remembrance Ceremony today to unveil the marker on
Front Street.
The marker will
acknowledge the city's role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade that transported
about 12 million captive Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.
The event also
included a commemoration of those who perished and those who survived the
Middle Passage.
Perth Amboy is one
of 55 Middle Passage arrival sites.
More from News 12
1:50
Family of man killed while riding scooter in Elizabeth says they ‘want justice’
2:30
Chilly morning, pleasant afternoon Sunday in New Jersey
0:33
Officials: 2 dogs killed, FedEx truck destroyed in separate South Brunswick fires
0:15
Authorities probe alleged social media threat made by Paramus High School student
0:13
Police: Green Brook man wanted for questioning in Newark shooting incident
2:16
