#senecavillage

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Map of Seneca Village, now under Central Park by unknown artist

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Seneca Village was a thriving, primarily African American community in Manhattan that existed from 1825 to 1857, before being destroyed to make way for Central Park.

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#blackhistory is #americanhistory #senecavillage #centralpark #nyhistory thanks to @allwaysawoman for story Andrew Williams Andrew Williams owned three blocks of land with a home valued at $4,000 ($113,000 in today's money) between 85th and 86th Streets Seventh and Eighth Avenues. An African American man, he lived in what would be the Upper West Side of Manhattan for more than 30 years but now - in 1855 – he was being forced to move. How America's 'first black middle class village' was destroyed to make way for Central Park: Community of African American property owners was flattened and flooded to accommodate growing Manhattan population. Seneca Village was a predominantly African American village spanning 82nd to 87th Streets along what is now the western edge of Central Park Created in 1825, the village was flattened and people were forced to move to make way for the creation of Central Park in 1857 By the 1850s Black people in Seneca Village were 39 times more likely to own property than their counterparts throughout the city About 30 percent of the population were Irish and German immigrants who lived harmoniously with their Black neighbors The community was said to have had connections to the Underground Railroad with abolitionist Albro Lyons owning property and living in the village An excavation of the site in Central Park was conducted in 2011 by the Seneca Village Project and the group hopes to find descendants of settlement. (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLZWOqeAJYw/?igshid=ey5vjgrl78iw

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Reposted from @nationalblackguide Yes, that is exactly what we are telling you😞😞 . Seneca Village was a 19th-century settlement of mostly African American landowners in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, within what would become present-day Central Park. The settlement was located on about 5 acres (2.0 ha) near the Upper West Side neighborhood, approximately bounded by 82nd and 89th Streets and Seventh and Eighth Avenues, had they been constructed at that time. . Location of Seneca Village in Central Park Seneca Village was founded in 1825 by free blacks, the first such community in the city. At its peak, the community had 264 residents, three churches, a school, and two cemeteries. The settlement was later also inhabited by Irish and German immigrants. Seneca Village existed until 1857, when, through eminent domain, the villagers and other settlers in the area were ordered to leave and their houses were torn down for the construction of Central Park. The entirety of the village was dispersed except for one congregation that relocated. . Several vestiges of Seneca Village's existence have been found over the years, including two graves and a burial plot. The settlement was largely forgotten until the publication of Roy Rosenzweig and Elizabeth Blackmar's book The Park and the People: A History of Central Park in 1992. The Seneca Village Project was formed in 1998 to raise awareness of the village, and several archeological digs have been conducted. In 2001, a historical plaque was unveiled, commemorating the site where #SenecaVillage once stood . #nationalblackguide #nbgblackhistory #blackhistory365 #blackhistoryfacts #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/CFGrS6xnVIp/?igshid=bgrbj0mi9bc1

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The hotel room this birthday weekend overlooked Central Park! 🙌🏾 (Thanks @simonejamilah !!) This pic is of me at the window, PRAYING for #restoration and #wholeness for the descendants of #senecavillage which was removed to build what is what now known as Central Park. Everything stolen or forfeited is being restored. I mean EVERYTHING. blacklivesmatter #blackpeople #restoration #retribution #prayerworks https://www.instagram.com/p/CDrqMrYD-MP/?igshid=1ujpjyhk2hbl9

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#SenecaVillage #ADOS https://g.co/kgs/C1mJj6 https://www.instagram.com/p/CBrBzc-jEz2/?igshid=1y1qyitcu4wck

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Another #historylesson. Here is another little known fact about #senecavillage now known as #centralpark #stoptheviolence #stopthehate #stopkillingus #blacklivesmatter #repost @kimberlylatricejones https://www.instagram.com/p/CBXQdVgJ94I/?igshid=8hot1b74jvsr