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  2. Seneca Village - Wikipedia

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    Seneca Village was a 19th-century settlement of mostly African American landowners in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, within what would become present-day Central Park. The settlement was located near the current Upper West Side neighborhood, approximately bounded by Central Park West and the axes of 82nd Street, 89th Street, and ...

  3. Before Yesterday We Could Fly - Wikipedia

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    The exhibition focuses on Seneca Village, a 19th-century settlement of mostly African American landowners in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. In 1857, city officials forced its residents out in order to construct Central Park, justifying its use of eminent domain with racist stereotypes. [2]

  4. 50 Fascinating ‘Old-Time Photos’ That Show You Just How Much ...

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    Image credits: Old-time Photos #32 New York City Street Life In 1954. Image credits: ... #45 One Of The Oldest Person To Have Been Photographed In 1840-1850. Image credits: Old-time Photos

  5. This New York Black Community Was Lost to History. Now the ...

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    Seneca Village ProjectThe wooden boards of the new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art resemble the simplicity of the exterior of an Antebellum slave shack, though slightly more contemporary ...

  6. Uncovering the history of Seneca Village in New York City - AOL

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  7. Ganondagan State Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    Ganondagan State Historic Site, (pronounced ga·NON·da·gan) also known as Boughton Hill, is a Native American historic site in Ontario County, New York in the United States. Location of the largest Seneca village of the 17th century, the site is in the present-day Town of Victor, southwest of the Village of Victor.

  8. Jones's Wood - Wikipedia

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    A resolution was duly passed in 1851 to acquire the Jones's Wood property, which, the New York Herald said, "would form a kind of Hyde Park for New York". [11] When the Joneses and Schermerhorns proved reluctant to part with the property, Beekman introduced a bill into the state Senate to authorize the city to appropriate the land by eminent ...

  9. List of New York State Historic Markers in Livingston County ...

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    Torture Tree And Burial Mound. Western Limit Sullivan's Expedition 1779. Seneca Village Little Beard Town 18: SITE OF On Town Rd. About 1½ Mis. N. Of Cuylerville Leicester, Town Of, New York: A-on-do-wa-nuh (Big Tree) Seneca Indian Village 19: SITE OF On Squawkie Hill Rd. About 2 Mis. S. Of Leicester Leicester, Town Of, New York