Manhattan Slavery & Underground Railroad Walking Tour
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Despre
Explore the hidden history of Manhattan's slavery and Underground Railroad on this guided walking tour.
Ce vei face
Ce este inclus?
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Ce nu este inclus?
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers
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Itinerar
New York City Walking Tours Itinerary (2026 Guide) – What You'll See & Do
Explore the full itinerary for Manhattan Slavery & Underground Railroad Walking Tour in New York City, United States. This walking tours experience includes 8 stops over 1 day. Duration: 3 hours. Activity level: Extreme.
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Battery Bikeway
The Battery
Fraunces Tavern Museum
- City, NY 10004-4300 Phillipse Well (On the left side of Pearl Street, outside Goldman Sachs Building)
- In 1664, the British took control over the colony of New Netherland, resolving the century-long struggle between the two powers over ownership of the territory.
Wall Street
- Federal Hall (26 Wall Street)
- The building here was constructed in 1842 as the United States Custom House. The original Federal Hall, erected in 1700 as the second city hall of the colony of New York, no longer stands. The United States government came to life on this site where in 1789 George Washington took the oath of office as the first president of the United States of America
- “Even as antislavery gained white adherents, grassroots activism and a critique of white racism defined black abolitionism in New York. No issue weighed heavier on black New Yorkers than the threat of kidnapping as slave catchers from the South flooded into the city. David Ruggles
Foley Square
The new racial hierarchy that developed as a means to justify American slavery quickly became entrenched in American society. The degree to which this racial philosophy dictated Americans’ perceptions of the world is reflected in the four statues here outside the historic Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House and National Museum of the American Indian.
African Burial Ground National Monument
We will be talking about the slaves that were buried in this place
National Museum of the American Indian
NY 10004-1415 introduction to the Lenape people and the concept of the race Race, in other words, is a purely social construct with no genetic basis that arose in order to legitimize the institution of American slavery. Still, today, it seems that the belief in human races, carrying along with it the prejudice and hatred of racism, is so embedded in our culture and has been an integral part of our worldview for so long that many of us assume that it just must be true
Battery Park City
Construction of the Fort Amsterdam, began in 1625 at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, where the East and Hudson Rivers meet. The fort, named was intended to protect New Netherland from attack and also served as the center of trading activity
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