Seneca Village: The Thriving Black Settlement in New York That Was Demolished to Build Central Park
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Long before Central Park became New York City’s most iconic green space, its land was home to a thriving, self-sufficient settlement known as Seneca Village. Founded in 1825 by free African Americans, the community represented one of the first significant concentrations of Black property ownership in Manhattan. At its height, it was home to about […]
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