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Written by DeadGirl
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Friday, 06 January 2006 |
Wednesday, January 4, 2006
By BRIAN ABERBACK
STAFF WRITER
New Jersey
TEANECK - A residents group racing time to save a centuries-old burial ground has scheduled a public meeting Thursday at Teaneck High School to appeal for help.
The Coalition for the Preservation of Teaneck's Indian/Slave Cemetery must raise $100,000 by Monday to preserve a Pomander Walk lot that they say holds the remains of slaves, Native Americans and early Dutch settlers.
"We want to make a full appeal to the community," said coalition member Lynn Roberts, "to increase their awareness, to inspire people and also to mobilize them."
The property owner, Dr. Gustavo Garces of Hackensack, is asking for $412,500 for the land. The Township Council has pledged up to $325,000 toward the purchase.
"I applaud the coalition for putting forth the effort to involve more of the residents," said Mayor Jacqueline Kates. "That's probably the only way [preservation] is going to happen."
The coalition has raised about $5,000 since Dec. 20, when the township announced its contribution. The short deadline is necessary so that the council can bond its share of the money and close on the property by Garces' April 15 cutoff date.
Township officials declined to speculate on what would happen if the coalition does not meet its fund-raising goal. Their options include bonding most of the cost while waiting to be reimbursed or asking Garces to push back his deadline. The council will likely discuss the issue at its meeting on Tuesday.
The burial ground was once part of a 125-acre farm owned by the Zabriskie family, one of the region's first settlers. Local historians have said it dates to at least the 1700s.
Historians also have said that the property holds the remains of Zabriskie family members, their slaves and Native Americans who lived nearby.
The lot was labeled a cemetery on a 1936 Bergen County atlas and appeared on the Teaneck tax rolls as a burial ground until 1958, a few years before most of the old farm was subdivided and developed.
Speakers scheduled to appear at the 7:30 p.m. meeting on Thursdayinclude Karen Jackson-Weaver, executive director of the New Jersey Amistad Commission, and the Rev. Herbert Daughtry, a township resident and civil rights activist.
"This burial ground is a very important development," said Daughtry, who was involved in a lengthy battle that preserved an African burial ground in Manhattan. Daughtry said the Pomander Walk tract, if saved, could serve as an educational tool and gathering spot.
"You have a tremendous opportunity to establish a climate of unity in the area," he said.
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