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The city of Savannah, Georgia, was founded in 1733, [1] making it the oldest city in the state and one of the oldest in the United States. [2] [3] At its founding, the city was a farming community where slavery was banned, though the institution became legal in 1750 and, in the following years, Savannah became a major port city in the Atlantic slave trade. [1]
The African-American Monument is a public monument in Savannah, Georgia, United States, dedicated in 2002.Located near River Street along the city's waterfront with the Savannah River, the monument commemorates African Americans in the city and highlights the "invisible story of the Trans Atlantic slave trade". [1]
Savannah State University (2 C, 7 P) Pages in category "African-American history in Savannah, Georgia" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
As part of the 35 th annual Savannah Black Heritage Festival, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture teams up with the Savannah African Art Museum in teaching the ...
This week's The 912 looks at the effort to save the Kiah House Museum, the city's first Black museum.
The Silver Bluff Baptist Church was founded between 1774-1775 [1] in Beech Island, South Carolina, by several enslaved African Americans who organized under elder David George. [ 2 ] The historian Albert Raboteau has identified it as the first separate black congregation in the nation, although others contend for that distinction, including the ...
The Carnegie Library of Savannah, known previously as the Carnegie Colored Public Library. East Henry Street Carnegie Library, also known as the Savannah Carnegie Library, and historically as the Carnegie Colored Library, is a public library established for and by African Americans in Savannah, Georgia during the segregation era.
Historic First Bryan Baptist Church is an African-American church that was organized in Savannah, Georgia, by Andrew Bryan in 1788. Considered to be the Mother Church of Black Baptists, the site was purchased in 1793 by Bryan, a former slave who had also purchased his freedom. The first structure was erected there in 1794.