PRINCETON NJ Announcement

Unveiling of a New Jersey Black Heritage Trail Marker

Trenton, NJ (For immediate release)— The Trent House Association is honored to be a site on the New Jersey Black Heritage Trail and invites all to attend the unveiling of the site marker on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at 3 pm. The Trent House is located at 15 Market Street in Trenton, across from the Hughes Justice Complex. The program is free and there is free parking in the lot behind the Trent House property. Attendees are requested to confirm by emailing scarneytrenthouse@outlook.com.

The New Jersey Black Heritage Trail was signed into law by Governor Murphy on September 7, 2022. The legislation directed the New Jersey Historical Commission to establish a Black Heritage Trail "to promote awareness and appreciation of Black history, heritage, and culture" that will "highlight Black heritage sites through historical markers and a trail-like path that connects the stories of Black life and resiliency."

The William Trent House was among the first cohort of 32 sites, and now among the total of 73 across the state, selected for the Black Heritage Trail. The marker at the Trent House honors the eleven enslaved people who lived and worked on William Trent's plantation in the early 1700s. Yaff, Joan, Bob, Dick, Nanny, Tom, Bossin, Julius, Harry, Pedro, and Cupid contributed to the beginnings of Trenton and the wealth of West Jersey colonists like Trent. What we know of their lives is told at the Trent House in tours, exhibits, and videos.

The William Trent House Museum is a National Historic Landmark in the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area and on the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail and the New Jersey Black Heritage Trail. The Museum is dedicated to sharing the authentic history of the house, property, and people with our communities, connecting the past with today and tomorrow. Owned by the City of Trenton, it is operated by the Trent House Association, which is supported by the generosity of its donors; by grants from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, the New Jersey Cultural Trust, the New Jersey Historic Trust, the Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commission with funding from the New Jersey Historical Commission, and the Bunbury Fund and the New Jersey Arts & Culture Renewal Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation; and by contributions from NJM Insurance Group and Orion General Contractors. For more information, visit www.williamtrenthouse.org.