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.
- Visit an abandoned mine covered in artwork
- Get the thrill of off-roading in a Can-am vehicle
- Enjoy refreshments on a backroad break
- Capture the scenic color and beauty on camera
What To Expect
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.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Trinity Church
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.
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
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.
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
African Burial Ground National Monument
Workers on a construction site uncovered the remains of more than 419 Africans buried during the late 17th and 18th centuries; the largest colonial-era cemetery for people of African descent. The memorial was dedicated in 2007 to commemorate the role of Africans and African Americans in colonial and federal New York City, and in United States history.
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Foley Square
Originally the site of New York City’s first free black settlement, by 1850 the Five Points district in lower Manhattan had instead become infamous for its dance halls, bars, gambling houses, and its mixed-race clientele.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village, the Lower East Side and Lower Manhattan was the home to North America’s earliest free Black settlement in the 1640s. Minetta Lane, Street and Place were called “Little Africa” . Mother AME Zion Church was the first Black church in New York City.
22 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Highlight
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Near public transportation
Not wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Max group – 12
