Harriet Tubman will be honored with a new museum dedicated to preserving her life and history next year in New Jersey.
The Harriet Tubman Museum will be located next to the historic Macedonia Baptist Church, which is in Cape May, a New Jersey town where the abolitionist worked for some time. Tubman earned money by working in hotels and for families as a cook in Cape May, according to a historical account.Zack Mullock, a Cape May city councilman who is managing the museum's construction, told ABC News that most fundraising efforts have gone toward materials for the building.
On display will be unique Underground Railroad items and African American art, including a collection of several modern pieces from the late Rev. Robert Davis, the longtime pastor of Macedonia Baptist who died in 2015. Eugene Dempsey, an 82-year-old retired maintenance technician, said he’s most excited about the museum as “a place for the kids to extend their learning” about Tubman.
Another notable African American historical building in Cape May is The Franklin Street School, which is located blocks from the future museum's site, and previously served as a school to educate black children during segregation, according to The Press of Atlantic City. Built in 1927, Dempsey said his wife, her sisters and their mother attended the school.
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