Slavery
5 articles
Arts & Culture
How Slavers Of New York Uses Stickers to Unveil NYC’s Hidden History of Slavery
Though New York is known today for its diversity, having been the birthplace of the Harlem Renaissance and the first
Arts & Culture
The Green, a Forgotten African American Community in Jamaica, Queens
The Green, also referred to as the Douglaston Community, was one of New York City’s oldest African American communities.
Architecture
How New York’s Slavery History is Still Present in NYC
Dyckman. Stuyvesant. John Jay. They are some of the most recognizable names in New York City, gracing streets, parks, schools
Architecture
Inside the Slave Galleries of the Historic St. Augustine’s Church in NYC’s Lower East Side
High above the pews, behind the balcony, at the very back of St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, there exists a
Arts & Culture
On This Day in NYC History, January 7th, 1861: A Motion for Manhattan to Secede from the Union
Yes, you read that correctly. The mayor of New York City in the 1860s, Fernando Wood, supported slavery in the
