A research team had sought access to a Cedar Grove cemetery to research the burial of slaves of helped build the town, but that was met with resistance.
Dory Vanderhoof uses his hand to show how high the graves were when they were installed in the Doremus burial ground in Cedar Grove, N.J. January 10, 2023Cedar Grove officials have reversed course and will grant access to university researchers whose request to study the Doremus burial ground, a colonial-era cemetery where enslaved Africans are believed to be buried next to the original settlers, had been previously rebuffed.
the accusation by Vanderhoof that race was a factor in the delays and inaction on his research request,Zichelli said he took offense at Vanderhoof’s assertion that Cedar Grove wasn’t interested in acknowledging the contributions of the Black slaves who helped build the township. The slaves are believed by Vanderhoof to be buried in the Doremus family cemetery alongside their white owners.
Vanderhoof said a goal of his project was to get the nearly all-white town to acknowledge the contributions of its Black ancestors.
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