Mapping the African American Past (MAAP)

Mapping the African American Past (MAAP)

By Columbia University

Mapping the American Past (MAAP) illustrates places and moments that have shaped the long history of African Americans in New York City.... more
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  1. Number 1: African Burial Ground - Kenneth Jackson commentary

    Kenneth Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor in History and the Social Sciences, Columbia University, discusses the African Burial Ground.

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  2. Number 2: African Burial Ground - Rodney Leon commentary

    Rodney Leon, African Burial Ground Memorial architect, discusses the site.

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  3. Number 3: Black Brigades - description

    10 Church Street Blacks who fought with the British lived in “Negro barracks”. These men fought in units known as the Black Pioneers and the Black Brigade. Most did the hard support work the army needed, but some were armed and fought.

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  4. Number 4: Booker T. Washington House - description

    Booker T. Washington House Booker T. Washington was born into slavery in 1856, and labored on the Burroughs tobacco farm in Virginia. Nine years later, he and his family were freed as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation and moved to West Virginia, where he worked in the salt mines while attending school.

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  5. Number 5: Booker T. Washington House - Thelma Jackson-Abidally commentary

    Fort Salonga, Huntington, Long Island Between the years 1911 and 1915, Booker T. Washington traveled from Alabama to Fort Salonga for rest and relief from the hottest months of the summer. Located on the north shore of Long Island in the Town of Huntington, Fort Salonga was a peaceful, scenic place for the Washington family to spend their vacations.

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