Frederick Douglass came to New York as a fugitive slave, but when he returned later in life, he...
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Frederick Douglass came to New York as a fugitive slave, but when he returned later in life, he...
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Five Points Neighborhood [audio]
The Five Points neighborhood is named after five converging streets. Built on landfill over a...
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The African Methodist Episcopal Church (or AME Zion Church), became known as the "Freedom Church"...
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David Ruggels' Lodging [audio]
David Ruggles wrote and sold anti-slavery pamphlets in his rooms in a boarding house which once...
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Thoedore Wright's Lodging [audio]
Reverend Theodore Wright preached at the Shiloh Presbyterian church, where he also eloquently...
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Frederick Douglass Landing [audio]
Pretending to be a free sailor, the young Frederick Douglass stepped off a Hudson River ferry at...
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Legacies: Jalani and the Lock Family History Tree (audio)
Jalani and the Lock Family History Tree, 2004. Mixed media, video, sculpture, prints, painting....
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Legacies: Frederick Douglass Memorial Circle (audio)
Frederick Douglass Memorial Circle Project, 2005. Digital print, architectural drawing. Algernon...
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Legacies: The Loophole of Retreat (audio)
The Loophole of Retreat, 1991-1992. Wooden cone, 12 mixed media objects on motor, 7 columns with...
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Patrick Reason was an engraver and ran his own print shop. He was a student at the African Free...
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James McCune Smith was a star student at the African Free School in the 1820’s, and although he...
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Henry Highland Garnet was an abolitionist and an orator who demanded the boycott of goods made by...
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African Free School No. 2 (audio)
African Free School No. 2 was the first school for blacks in America. A number of notable leaders...
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Saint Peters Church, established in 1785 is the oldest catholic parish in New York City. Pierre...
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Old Saint Patricks Cathedral (audio)
Old Saint Patricks Cathedral was New Yorks first Catholic Cathedral, built between 1809 and 1815....
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Madame Berard, wife of a French plantation owner, fled the revolution in Haiti with her family...
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Euphemia Toussaint was Pierres orphaned niece. Pierre and Juliet took her in as their own child....
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Juliet Toussaint was Pierre Toussaints wife. He bought her freedom when she was 15 years old....
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Pierre Toussaint may soon be Americas first black saint. Born a slave on a sugar plantation in...
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