African American History Sites and Resources in New England

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.ConnecticutPrudence 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 MagazineHartford CourantBeyond Complicity: A Special Issue of Northeast MagazineHartford CourantMattatuck 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 HistoryPortland Freedom Trail Portland, ME 207-591-9980 Maine’s Underground Railroad: wabi.tv/news/5660/maines-underground-railroad-part-onewabi.tv/news/5661/maines-underground-railroad-part-twoMassachusettsBoston 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.pdfboston.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 IslandRhode 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 VermontRokeby 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

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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

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