In addition to sources named here, most New England college and university Africana studies departments offer online resource lists and links to other Web sites. For museums, historic sites, tours, and similar venues, remember to call ahead to confirm schedules and hours of operation.
Connecticut
Prudence Crandall Museum
1 South Canterbury Road
Canterbury, CT
860-546-7800
Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance & Abolition
MacMillan Center, Yale University
Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave.
New Haven, CT
203-432-3339
Slavery & Freedom in New England
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Complicity: A Special Issue of
Northeast Magazine
Hartford Courant
Beyond Complicity: A Special Issue of
Northeast Magazine
Hartford Courant
Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main St.
Waterbury, CT
203-753-0381
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
77 Forest St.
Hartford, CT
860-522-9258
Freedom Schooner
Amistad
746 Chapel St. #300
New Haven, CT
866-264-7823, 203-495-1839
Exploring
Amistad
Mystic Seaport
75 Greenmanville Ave.
Mystic, CT
888.973.2767, 860.572.5315
Connecticut Freedom Trail & Connecticut Underground Railroad
Mattatuck Museum: Fortune’s Story: fortunestory.org/
Mystic Seaport: Black Hands, Blue Seas: mysticseaport.org
Maine
Voices of Maine:
Visible Black History
Portland Freedom Trail
Portland, ME
207-591-9980
Maine’s Underground Railroad:
wabi.tv/news/5660/maines-underground-railroad-part-one
wabi.tv/news/5661/maines-underground-railroad-part-two
Massachusetts
Boston African American National Historic Site & Black Heritage Trail
Boston, MA
617-742-5415
Museum of African American History
46 Joy St.
Boston, MA
617-725-0022
African American Patriots Tour
Freedom Trail Foundation
Boston, MA
617-357-8300
W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research
Harvard University
104 Mt. Auburn St. #3R
Cambridge, MA
617-495-8508
Black History Trail on Nantucket
Whaling Museum
Jct. Broad & South Beach Sts.
Nantucket, MA
508-228-9833
African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard
West Tisbury, MA
Upper Housatonic Valley African American Trail
Great Barrington, MA
413-528-3391
W.E.B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite
Church St.
Great Barrington, MA
Du Bois Central
University of Massachusetts/Amherst
Underground Railroad:
Essex National Heritage Area: essexheritage.org/newimages/walksandtours/essexabolition/essexabolition.pdf
Salem: African American Heritage Sites
essexheritage.org/newimages/walksandtours/africanheritage/africanheritagesalem.pdf
boston.com/travel/explorene/massachusetts/articles/2011/02/27/27salemart/?page=full
Mass. Historical Society:
African Americans and the End of Slavery in Massachusetts: masshist.org/endofslavery/
Mass. African American Heritage Bicycling Network: afrobikema.org/
Memorial Hall Museum
americancenturies.mass.edu/activities/afram/index.html
http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/activities/afram/more.html
memorialhall.mass.edu/classroom/curriculum_12th/unit1/lesson9/lucy_terry.html
Doctoring Freedom: alumni.williams.edu/doctoringfreedom
Springfield City Library:
Black History Month: springfieldlibrary.org/blackhistory.html
Springfield Technical Community College
Our Plural History: ourpluralhistory.stcc.edu/
Resisting Slavery: ourpluralhistory.stcc.edu/resistingslavery/index.html
Civil Rights: ourpluralhistory.stcc.edu/recentarrivals/civilrights.html
New Hampshire
Hannah Davis/Amos Fortune Historical Marker
Old Burying Ground
Route 124
Jaffrey Center, NH
Amos Fortune Homestead
Amos Fortune Road (off Route 137)
Jaffrey, NH
Amos Fortune Forum
Jaffrey Center, NH
Harriet E. Wilson Memorial
Bicentennial Park
Milford, NH
Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail
Portsmouth, NH
Black Portsmouth
by Mark Samons and Valerie Cunningham
Seacoast African American Cultural Center
135 Daniel St.
Portsmouth, NH
603-436-6027
Harriet Wilson Project: harrietwilsonproject.org/
Seacoast African American Cultural Center
10 Middle St.
Portsmouth, NH
603-430-6027
http://saacc-nh.org/
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Black Heritage Society & Creative Survival Exhibit
65 Weybosset St., Arcade #29
Providence, RI
401-751-3490
Brown University
Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice
Providence, RI
Voyage of the Slave Ship Sally
Brown University
Providence, RI
The Archaeology of College Hill: The Brown Family
proteus.brown.edu/archaeologyofcollegehill/6753
proteus.brown.edu/archaeologyofcollegehill/6759
proteus.brown.edu/archaeologyofcollegehill/6760
proteus.brown.edu/archaeologyofcollegehill/6822
proteus.brown.edu/archaeologyofcollegehill/6827
proteus.brown.edu/archaeologyofcollegehill/6761
The Moses Brown Papers: rihs.org/mssinv/Mss313.htm
“
Sins of Our Fathers“: brownalumnimagazine.com/content/view/958/40/
Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice: http://www.brown.edu/Research/Slavery_Justice/index.html
Rhode Island Historical Society
The John Brown House: rihs.org/museums_jbh.html
Ruth Simmons Lecture:
Hidden in Plain Sight: joh.cam.ac.uk/cms_misc/media/chapel_and_choir/Ruth_Simmons_Mar07.pdf
Inheriting the Trade: inheritingthetrade.com/
Traces of the Trade: pbs.org/pov/tracesofthetrade/
Sons of Providence: amazon.com/gp/product/0743266870/sr=8-1/qid=1148476507/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-4203580-4081656?%5Fencoding=UTF8
Vermont
Rokeby Museum
& Underground Railroad Site
4334 Route 7
Ferrisburgh, VT
802.877.3406
African American Experience in Vermont
Vermont Public Radio
New York
New-York Historical Society
Slavery in New York: slaveryinnewyork.org/
New-York Historical Society
New York Divided: nydivided.org/VirtualExhibit/
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: nypl.org/locations/schomburg
Lest We Forget:
The Triumph Over Slavery: digital.nypl.org/lwf/english/site/flash.html
Welcome to Harlem: welcometoharlem.com/page/168395/
Columbia University Center for Contemporary Black History: columbia.edu/cu/ccbh/index.html
Mapping the African American Past: maap.columbia.edu/
New York’s African Burial Ground
National Monument: nps.gov/afbg/index.htm
Overview: : africanburialground.gov/ABG_Main.htm
North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association: http://northcountryundergroundrailroad.com/museum.php
African American General Resources
New England Historic Site Collaborative:
Slavery and Reform: americanantiquarian.org/nehsc/reform.htm
The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/index.php
National Trust for Historic Preservation:
Mapping African American Historic Places in the Northeast
preservationnation.org/resources/case-studies/african-american-historic-places/case-study-mapping-african-american-northeast-region-trevor-johnson.html
Amistad Digital Resource: http://www.amistadresource.org/index.html
In Motion:
The African American Migration Experience
inmotionaame.org/home.cfm;jsessionid=f830782701323704718680?bhcp=1
Black Past
Welcome to Blackpast
National Register of Historic Places:
Aboard the Underground Railroad
nps.gov/history/nr/travel/underground/index.htm
National Geographic Underground Railroad
nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j1.html
Slavery in America
slaveryinamerica.org/home.htm
Slavery in the North
slavenorth.com/
American Antiquarian Society
americanantiquarian.org/africanamerican.htm
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
nmaahc.si.edu/
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Home Page
Underground Railroad Foundation
ugrrf.org/
