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In 1638, a number of African Americans arrived in Boston as slaves on the ship Desiré from New Providence Island in the Bahamas. They were the first black people in Boston on record; others may have arrived earlier. [4] The first black landowner in Boston was a man named Bostian Ken, who purchased a house and four acres in Dorchester in 1656.
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial honoring 54th Massachusetts Regiment was dedicated in Boston Common. 1898 The Black congregation of the African Meeting House moved to Roxbury; the meeting house became a Jewish synagogue, representing new immigrants. By 1930 the South End and Roxbury were home to most of Boston's 21,000 African Americans. 1900
The majority of deaths in Massachusetts are attributable to cancer, as of the CDC's 2023 data. Other major causes of death in the state are heart disease, COVID-19, accidents, and chronic lower respiratory diseases. [10] In 2021, Massachusetts's age-adjusted death rate was 721.4 deaths per 100,000 residents. [9]
Unlike in the American South, enslaved people in Massachusetts had legal rights, including the ability to file legal suits in court. The practice of slavery in Massachusetts was ended gradually through case law. As an institution, it died out in the late 18th century through judicial actions litigated on behalf of slaves seeking manumission ...
As a result of slavery, more than half of African Americans live in the South. [1] ... Boston, Massachusetts (MA-NH) NECMA 4,941,632 364,054 331,292 +9.89%: 7.4 22
Peaking at 75% black in the mid-1970s after five previous decades of the Great Migration increased the black population five-fold, DC is 46–49% black in 2018. DC remains the largest African-American percentage population of any state or territory in the mainland US.
It’s the last state flag that included a Confederate symbol that many people condemn as racist. Mississippi’s House and Senate took historic votes Sunday to retire the flag adopted in 1894.
This list of U.S. cities by black population covers all incorporated cities and Census-designated places with a population over 100,000 and a proportion of black residents over 30% in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and the population in each city that is black or African American.