Residents in a historically Black community in Camden County were upset after racist graffiti was discovered on a fence at a woman's home, officials said. The incident happened in a neighborhood in Lawnside,

The hateful message was spread across a woman's fence in Lawnside, a predominantly Black town in Camden County.

Lawnside is a historically Black community that was formerly known as Snow Hill and Free Haven, according to the New Jersey League of Municipalities. The Peter Mott House in Lawnside became an important stop on the Underground Railroad and has been preserved as a museum by the Lawnside Historical Society.