Also recognized as a trail site is the nearby Macedonia Baptist Church, a short walk from the school and now home to the Harriet Tubman Museum of New Jersey. Across the street from the museum is the Smith house. Stephen Smith, the owner, was the richest black man in the United States at that time, and this was his summer home.
For Black History Month, the Emlen Physick Estate’s Carroll Gallery is hosting “Black Legacy of Historic Cape May: Unexpected History,” an exhibit highlighting Black residents, leaders and visitors.
“The town hosted influential figures such as Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Martin Luther King Jr., leaving a legacy of culture, activism, and resilience,” Cape May Mac said in a press release. The exhibit runs…
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