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Anderson, Mary (1830-1941)
Mary Anderson (c. 1830–1941) was a formerly enslaved woman whose life spanned slavery, emancipation, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the early twentieth century. At the time of her death, she was believed to be 111 years old—an age attested to by family records and oral… -
Jackson, Hannah (?-?)
Hannah Jackson, a formerly enslaved person, died in Englewood in 1889. Twenty years later her grandson came to Englewood from the South to recover property he claimed Jackson had left him.Tags Slavery -
Sears, Nancy Lee (1836-1938)
Nancy Lee Sears was a formerly enslaved woman whose life spanned from the antebellum South into the twentieth century, bearing witness to slavery, emancipation, and the long, uneven struggle for freedom in the United States. She died in 1938 at the age of 102 while living in… -
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McClenon, Hettie (1891-2001)
Hettie McClenon (1891–2001) was a longtime resident of Englewood, New Jersey, whose extraordinary life connected the city to more than a century of American history. Born in Florida in 1891 and raised on a family farm, McClenon learned responsibility early, leaving school at the…Tags Slavery -
Abel Smith Farm
Abel I. Smith bought a large section of land in Secaucus in 1733. The Farm was 206 acres of the wester Hudson Palisades. The Smiths owned the land until December 1, 1908 when it was turned over to B.M. Shanley's Sons' Company and H.S. Korbaugh Company of West Virginia for… -
Thompson, Hannah (1789-1898)
Hannah Thompson was enslaved on the farm of Abel Smith near Leonia. She gained her freedom at the age of 21. Eventually, Thompson settled in Englewood. Her husband was born near Englewood on the Garrett Lydecker estate and gained his freedom at the age of 25. She died at the age…Tags Slavery -
Roundtree, Irwin William Langston "Dominie" (1855?-1948)
Irwin William Langston “Dominie” Roundtree was born into slavery in Georgia sometime in the mid-1850s, though the precise year of his birth remains uncertain. Census records, seminary files, and Roundtree’s own recollections offer conflicting dates, ranging from 1855 to 1860.… -
Bethune, Mary Jane Mcleod (1875-1955)
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955) was one of the most influential African American educators, civic leaders, and advocates for democracy in twentieth-century United States history. Born on July 10, 1875, near Mayesville, South Carolina, to parents who had been enslaved, Bethune…