Private African American Heritage Downtown Walking Tour
A private guide is one of the best ways to experience the city ! Learn about the history of African Americans in New York City. Explore Wall Street a former slave market, the Five Points originally the first free black settlement and learn about the First Free African Schools, Mother AME Zion the first Black church and the African burial ground. Trace the steps to freedom as you uncover hidden sites of the Underground Railroad.
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African American history NYC
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What's included in Private African American Heritage Downtown Walking Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Wall Street
Built by Africans to protect the Dutch settlement, Wall Street Housed NYC’s First Slave Market where African and Native Americans were bought, sold, and leased as day laborers.
Trinity Church Wall Street
Archives from June 1696 mention that the church used slave labor to construct a thirst church. They also practiced services for slaves and free blacks like catechism, burials, in its churchyard and were the precursor to the African Free School.
South Street Seaport Historic District
See some of the oldest architecture and the largest concentration of restored early 19th-century commercial buildings in the city. New York was a major player in the Tans-Atlantic Slave Trade which persisted despite it being outlawed.
Inclusions
- Private walking tour
- Informative, friendly, professional guide
- Public transportation to neighborhood
- Gratuities
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 15 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
We meet clients at their Manhattan hotels
Meeting Points
- Our tour guide will meet your group at your Manhattan hotel. They will have a sign with your group's name. You may travel by public transportation depending on your location ( not included in the price of tour) to start the tour downtown.
End Points
- The tour ends in lower Manhattan.
