# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Rocks in the Garden: Presentation & Walking Tour of Morristown’s History of Slavery
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 22 Jun, 2025 at 12:00 pm
- **Event Description**: It can be surprising to some to learn how slavery was entwined into the life and economy of Morris County. Join local historian Michael Snyder for a presentation exploring how history is told, the marginalization of the enslaved, and the commemoration of slavery in this area. A walking tour of nearby sites in Morristown that show this history will follow.

Sites visited will include the Morristown Green, Morristown Presbyterian Church Cemetery & Parish House & Church of the Redeemer.

Michael Snyder is a Rutgers graduate whose masters’ thesis was entitled: The Enslaved Slept Here Too: A Public History of Slavery in Morris County.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/morristown/rocks-in-the-garden-presentation-and-walking-tour-of-morristown’s-history-of-slavery/200028326231953
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 12

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Morristown
- **state**: NJ
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 50 South Park Place, Morristown, NJ, United States, New Jersey 07960
- **lat**: 40.79642
- **long**: -74.47993
- **full address**: 50 South Park Place, Morristown, NJ, United States, New Jersey 07960

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Rocks in the Garden: Presentation & Walking Tour of Morristown’s History of Slavery being held?
  - **A:** Rocks in the Garden: Presentation & Walking Tour of Morristown’s History of Slavery takes place on Sun, 22 Jun, 2025 at 12:00 pm to Sun, 22 Jun, 2025 at 12:00 pm at 50 South Park Place, Morristown, NJ, United States, New Jersey 07960.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Rocks in the Garden: Presentation & Walking Tour of Morristown’s History of Slavery?
  - **A:** Rocks in the Garden: Presentation & Walking Tour of Morristown’s History of Slavery is organized by Morristown United Methodist Church.

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