Places

Seneca Village – NYC African-American History

Settled in the 1820s by free blacks seeking to own property, the racially integrated village was razed in 1856 to make way for the creation of Manhattan's Central Park. Read more at Suite101: Seneca Village – NYC African-American History: 19th Century Community of Free Blacks in New York's Central Park | Suite101.com http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/seneca_villagenyc_africanamerican_history#ixzz0a0IWFyR5..... Read more

Owen Sound's Black History

From about 1830 to the end of the American Civil War, escaped slaves made their way across the Canada-US border via the Underground Railroad. Many headed for the Village of Sydenham (Owen Sound), the last terminal of the Railroad and settled here, finding work and raising families...... Read more

African Americans in Missouri

The first Black slaves to enter what would later be named Missouri arrived in 1719 as unwilling participants in the new French mining venture. Des Ursins bought five Blacks with him, and although he failed to find the silver mines he sought, he did discover several rich lead deposits. In 1720, Phillippe Fransois Renault was sent from France to direct lead-mining operations. He may have brought with him as many as 500 Black slaves from the French island of Haiti...... Read more