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Black in Nineteenth-Century Brooklyn

Trolley Tour Examines African American History at Both The Green-Wood Cemetery and Weeksville Heritage Center

In 1838, just eleven years after New York State abolished slavery, a free Black man named James Weeks made his first purchase of land in Brooklyn, now the Weeksville Heritage Center. In the same year, The Green-Wood Cemetery was established as one of the first rural cemeteries in the United States.

Beginning at Green-Wood, this trolley tour explores the history of the African American experience in the nineteenth-century, including the stories of Margaret Pine (1778–1857), the last woman to have lived as a slave in New York and Susan Smith McKinney Steward (1847–1918), whose family owned land in Weeksville and became the first black female doctor in the state, among others.  Afterward, the trolley heads to Weeksville in Crown Heights to discover its history as one of America’s largest free black communities prior to the Civil War.

This trolley tour begins and ends at Green-Wood. A box lunch will be provided. Please email [email protected] with any food allergies.

 











When: Sat., Sep. 22, 2018 at 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Where: Green-Wood Cemetery
500 25th St., Brooklyn
718-210-3080
Price: $40;$35 for members.
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Trolley Tour Examines African American History at Both The Green-Wood Cemetery and Weeksville Heritage Center

In 1838, just eleven years after New York State abolished slavery, a free Black man named James Weeks made his first purchase of land in Brooklyn, now the Weeksville Heritage Center. In the same year, The Green-Wood Cemetery was established as one of the first rural cemeteries in the United States.

Beginning at Green-Wood, this trolley tour explores the history of the African American experience in the nineteenth-century, including the stories of Margaret Pine (1778–1857), the last woman to have lived as a slave in New York and Susan Smith McKinney Steward (1847–1918), whose family owned land in Weeksville and became the first black female doctor in the state, among others.  Afterward, the trolley heads to Weeksville in Crown Heights to discover its history as one of America’s largest free black communities prior to the Civil War.

This trolley tour begins and ends at Green-Wood. A box lunch will be provided. Please email [email protected] with any food allergies.

 

Buy tickets/get more info now