Go Back and Get It!

Go Back and Get It! A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing

The Morristown and Morris Township Library presents local author Dionne Ford.  In 1858, the enslaved Tempy Burton was gifted to Colonel W.R. Stuart by the family of his new bride, Elizabeth McCauley. The Colonel and Tempy had six children together, one of whom was Dionne Ford’s great-great-grandmother.  After finding a photo of these relatives, Ford embarked on a journey to learn more about who they were, and faced head-on the difficulty of finding oneself linked to both enslaved people and enslavers. To learn about Dionne’s journey come to the Morristown and Morris Township Library’s lower level Meeting Room at 2 p.m. We hope to see you there!

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Date
Oct 29 2023
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Time
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Location
Morristown & Morris Township Library
Morristown & Morris Township Library
1 Miller Road, Morristown, New Jersey
Opening Hour 9:00am
Website https://mmtlibrary.org/

Our Library provides residents with reading materials, access to technology and continuing education, self-improvement, enjoyment and information. We achieve this by providing a location for the dissemination of state and local documents, New Jersey history sources and materials that will support Historic Preservation research. We are the keystone for our two communities.

Organizer
Caroline Rose Foster North Jersey History and Genealogy Center, Morristown and Morris Township Library
Phone 973-538-3473
Email njhgc@mmt.mainlib.org
Website Caroline Rose Foster North Jersey History and Genealogy Center