Manhattan Slavery & Underground Railroad Walking Tour
Manhattan Slavery & Underground Railroad Walking Tour
Manhattan Slavery & Underground Railroad Walking Tour
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Discover the secret and not so secret networks of private residences, religious institutions, meeting houses, and safe houses used by the enslaved fleeing northward to escape slavery. Contrary to what most people think, New York was a pro-slavery place during the antebellum period. Abolitionists, free Blacks and escapees were in a hostile environment. Slave catchers menaced the streets of New York, looking for fugitives but would often kidnap free Blacks men, women, and children sending them south for a life of servitude. Discover Manhattan's many places and the faces of the people who were part of the Underground Railroad. Their selfless efforts helped countless enslaved Africans to break the bonds of slavery.
Walking from Fort Amsterdam, passing by Tribeca, to the African Burial Ground Memorial. We will visit... key landmarks.
Itinerary
Battery Bikeway
15 minsAdmission Ticket Freeintroduction to the tour lower Manhattan—is the oldest part of New York City. The first Europeans to settle here were the Dutch in 1624, when the ship Nieuw Nederlandt (New Netherland) We will also be visiting he old settling of New AmsterdamThe Battery
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeBattery place state 3 and battery place introduction to the tour lower Manhattan—is the oldest part of New York City. The first Europeans to settle here were the Dutch in 1624, when the ship Nieuw Nederlandt (New Netherland) 15 minutesFraunces Tavern Museum
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeCity, NY 10004-4300 Phillipse Well (On the left side of Pearl Street, outside Goldman Sachs Building) In 1664, the British took control over the colony of New Netherland, resolving the century-long struggle between the two powers over ownership of the territory.Wall Street
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeFederal Hall (26 Wall Street) The building here was constructed in 1842 as the United States Custom House. The original Federal Hall, erected in 1700 as the second city hall of the colony of New York, no longer stands. The United States government came to life on this site where in 1789 George Washington took the oath of office as the first president of the United States of America “Even as antislavery gained white adherents, grassroots activism and a critique of white racism defined black abolitionism in New York. No issue weighed heavier on black New Yorkers than the threat of kidnapping as slave catchers from the South flooded into the city. David RugglesFoley Square
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe new racial hierarchy that developed as a means to justify American slavery quickly became entrenched in American society. The degree to which this racial philosophy dictated Americans’ perceptions of the world is reflected in the four statues here outside the historic Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House and National Museum of the American Indian.African Burial Ground National Monument
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeWe will be talking about the slaves that were buried in this placeNational Museum of the American Indian
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeNY 10004-1415 introduction to the Lenape people and the concept of the race Race, in other words, is a purely social construct with no genetic basis that arose in order to legitimize the institution of American slavery. Still, today, it seems that the belief in human races, carrying along with it the prejudice and hatred of racism, is so embedded in our culture and has been an integral part of our worldview for so long that many of us assume that it just must be trueBattery Park City
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeConstruction of the Fort Amsterdam, began in 1625 at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, where the East and Hudson Rivers meet. The fort, named was intended to protect New Netherland from attack and also served as the center of trading activity
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