# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Timbuctoo: New Jersey’s Free Black Community before the Civil War
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us in-person for a fascinating look into Timbuctoo, a remarkable Garden State locale that offered a visionary look into civil rights just 50 years after the Revolutionary War. 

Guy Weston, MA, Managing Director of the Timbuctoo Historical Society, will detail the Burlington County community’s settlement in 1826, the people who enabled its formation, and significant episodes such as its role in the Underground Railroad system. The group’s research reveals that its peak population was about 125, and today consists of 19 households within 50 acres. This presentation will focus on origins and scope of the community as well as current efforts to preserve its historic integrity.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/east-brunswick/timbuctoo-new-jersey’s-free-black-community-before-the-civil-war/200029671974545
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- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029671974545?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=east+brunswick-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: East Brunswick
- **state**: NJ
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2 Jean Walling Civic Center, East Brunswick, NJ, United States, New Jersey 08816
- **lat**: 40.41794
- **long**: -74.4205
- **full address**: 2 Jean Walling Civic Center, East Brunswick, NJ, United States, New Jersey 08816

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: East Brunswick Public Library (https://allevents.in/org/east-brunswick-public-library/6926500)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 2 Jean Walling Civic Center, East Brunswick, NJ, United States, New Jersey 08816
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** East Brunswick Public Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Timbuctoo: New Jersey’s Free Black Community before the Civil War ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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