Seneca Village

Seneca Village was a small but vibrant community founded in 1825 by free  African-Americans in uptown Manhattan. The area from West 82nd to 88th Streets between Seventh and Eighth Avenues was still farmland back then, a good six miles north of teeming downtown. The rural location had the marked advantage of offering working class African-Americans access to fresh air, space, … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Free Black Communities