Скачать или смотреть The Price of Silence, The Forgotten Story of New Jersey's Enslaved People

Its time to tell the surprisingly dark and shocking story about slavery in New Jersey. We are raising money to produce a documentary about this virtually untold story of slavery in the Garden State. It is a little-known fact that New Jersey depended deeply on enslaved people to drive agricultural and economic growth, and that New Jersey was the very last of the Northeast states to eliminate this heinous practice. This story has never been told before in a broadcast-quality, documentary film.

Truehart Productions , a 501c3 nonprofit corporation was formed in 2019 for the sole purpose of producing a documentary during this critical time when so many are struggling to understand the systemic racism that exists in our country. Modern education glosses over the impact of slavery north of the Mason-Dixon Line and, when completed, the film will be a valuable tool in educating our youth and all citizens by shedding light on this shameful side of New Jersey's history and its lasting effect on the lives of the African American Community.

Please consider helping us raise funds for this important documentary.

We desperately need support for legal, accounting and general operating expenses. Ultimately, we hope to raise $300,000 to complete this independent film, which will be publicly available for distribution to schools, universities and NJ Public Broadcasting stations. No donation is too small.

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Documentary Info:

The project was inspired by Beverly Mills' and Elaine Buck’s book If These Stones Could Talk: African American Presence in the Hopewell Valley, Sourland Mountain, and Surrounding Regions of New Jersey. The book exposed the prevalence of slavery in New Jersey and tells the compelling story of the authors’ enslaved ancestors.

The documentary will begin with the story of a 13-year-old boy who was taken from his mother’s arms in South Carolina and enslaved in Hopewell, NJ by a Baptist minister. The minister’s name was Oliver Hart, and he was a cousin to John Hart, a Hopewell resident and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Seen above in The Old School Baptist Church sanctuary, Beverly Mills is being interviewed for the film as she explains how, while researching the book, she learned that the enslaved boy was her Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather. The boy’s name was Friday Truehart and he would not gain his freedom for another 22 years.