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Slave House

Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Historical Marker Database · Doran Howitt
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On this site stood what was known as the Slave House, part of the Acker estate Fair Lawn from which the borough received its name. The Slave House was built much earlier than the 1865 Acker home and may have been used as a shelter for runaway slaves during the Civil War.
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Fair Lawn, New Jersey · United States

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