From the Hunterdon Democrat on January 26, 1886: The body of a colored man has been interred in the cemetery at Somerville. It has been the custom heretofore to bury colored people in a cemetery set apart for that purpose, but with the large negro population the graveyard became full. On the death of Albert Bergen, a colored man, a lot was obtained in the Somerville Cemetery, and his body was buried there. Indignation is expressed by some of the lot holders, whose prejudices against the colored race are very strong.
From the Hunterdon Democrat on January 26, 1886: The body of a colored man has been interred in the cemetery at Somerville. It has been the custom heretofore to bury colored people in a cemetery set apart for that purpose, but with the large negro population the graveyard became full. On the death of Albert Bergen, a colored man, a lot was obtained in the Somerville Cemetery, and his body was buried there. Indignation is expressed by some of the lot holders, whose prejudices against the colored race are very strong.
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