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Whinny if You Miss Central Park’s Horses (Published 2013)

These days Central Park’s bridle paths are horseless, the domain of mountain bikers and runners.

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Seneca Village: A Forgotten Settlement Buried under Central Park

Decades before Central Park was even a concept, Seneca Village began to grow into a tight-knit settlement of African-American and Irish landowners.

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Before Central Park: The Story of Seneca Village

Discover how Seneca Village, the largest community of free African-American property owners in pre-Civil War New York, began and what we know about its resident

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10 Thriving Black Towns You Didn’t Learn About in History Class - Like The Town Destroyed to Make Way for Central Park: Seneca Village, N.Y. — Seneca Village was founded in 1825, when Epiphany Davis and Andrew Williams became the first African-Americans to buy land in the area. Trustees of the AME Zion Church then purchased eight plots of land close by. By 1829, nine homes had been built. … Seneca Village, African American Museum, Black Knowledge, History Class, Picture Postcards, Black Families, African Diaspora, African History, Epiphany

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The Town Destroyed to Make Way for Central Park: Seneca Village, N.Y. — Seneca Village was founded in 1825, when Epiphany Davis and Andrew Williams became

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Have you ever heard of Seneca Village? Well, if you have been to Central Park in New York City you’ve probably walked over the old site of the place that was once a bustling community and some say the first prominent area of African American land owners in Manhattan. But the village was destroyed to Seneca Village, African American Makeup, Babylon The Great, Park In New York, Black Knowledge, Name Writing, World View, African American Hairstyles, African History

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Central Park Was Built On Stolen African American Land

Spread the loveTweet1ShareHave you ever heard of Seneca Village? Well, if you have been to Central Park in New York City you’ve probably walked over the old site of the place that was once a bustling community and some say the first prominent area of African American land owners in Manhattan. But the village was […]

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Central Park Was Once Seneca Village, Home to a Thriving Free Black Community

A graphic history of the community displaced for the vast public park in 1857.

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Seneca Village: When New York City Destroyed a Thriving Black Community To Make Way for Central Park

Seneca Village was a small but vibrant community founded in 1825 by free working class African-Americans in uptown Manhattan.

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