S4 E7 Westchester (the Bronx)
1868 map of the Town of Westchester shows the Bethel A.M.E. Church and Cemetery located on what is now Unionport Road in the Bronx By ...
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Sep 13, 20232 min read
S4 E6 Weeksville (Brooklyn)
Weeksville native, Dr. Susan Smith McKinney, the state’s first African-American female doctor, and a revered abolitionist The ...
Aug 23, 20231 min read
S4 E4 Sandy Ground (Staten Island)
Sandy Ground Oyster Gatherers Sandy Ground was settled in 1833 by African-American oystermen fleeing the restrictive industry laws of...
Aug 14, 20232 min read
S4 E3 Seneca Village (Manhattan)
Egbert Ludovicus Viele's topographical survey of the land upon which Central Park was created, showing map of Seneca Village June 1856 An...
Aug 3, 20232 min read
S4 E2 The Black Elite in Antebellum New York City Part 2
George Downing and family circa 1890s (Museum of African American History) Part 2 of an introduction to the Black elite or "the colored...
Jul 27, 20231 min read
S4 E2 The Black Elite in Antebellum New York City Part 1
George Downing and family circa 1890s (Museum of African American History) An introduction to the Black elite or "the colored...
Jul 20, 20231 min read
S4 E1 Part 2 - Blacks on Wall Street: How Black People Helped Build Wall Street and New York
George Downing and family circa 1890s (Museum of African American History) An exploration of Black neighborhoods and enclaves in...
Jul 12, 20231 min read
Season 4 Introduction: Antebellum New York City
This season will focus on free Black communities and free Black societies during the antebellum period of the 19th century in New York, spec
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