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Monmouth County - Shrewsbury - Logistics of the Underground Railroad

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Salem County - Woodstown - “The Logistics of the Underground Railroad”: 16th John Stewart Rock Memorial Lecture

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Sunday, October 20 – Salem County Alvin Q. Corbett Announced as the Presenter for the 16 th  John Stewart Rock Memorial Lecture       The Salem County Historical Society has announced that Alvin Q. Corbett   will present a talk on  “The Logistics of the Underground Railroad”  for the 16 th  John S. Rock Memorial Lecture to be held on Sunday, October 20, 2019, at the Friends Village, Fenwick Auditorium, One Friends Drive, Woodstown, New Jersey 08098 at 3:00 P. M. The public is invited to enjoy this free educational program.     Alvin Q. Corbett is a Burlington County New Jersey resident who hails originally from Wilson, North Carolina. Corbett is a descendant of a United States Colored Troops Civil War soldier, as well as a historical preservationist, historian and avid researcher of African and American history. He served as Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Underground Railroad Museum of Burlington Cou...