List of African-American historic places

African-American historic places organized by period or topic.  This outline has been adapted from other related Wikipedia articles and The Negro Pilgrimage in America by C. Eric Lincoln and Before the Mayflower; A History of the Negro in America; 1619-1964 by Lerone Bennett Jr.

Origins
Main article: African-American history
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Old Slave Mart, Charleston, SCThe Negro Pilgrimage in America or the African Past The story of the African Americans begins in Africa. Early histories of Africa considered it the 'Dark Continent', both in the sense of the color of its people, but also for its lack of known civilizations. Studies beginning in the 1960s have found a rich history of civilization, including arts, architecture, public thought and major civilizations.  The story of African Americans builds from these roots and can be traced through historic sites associated with the slave trade in America:
American Revolution 
Main article: African Americans in the Revolutionary War While the term 'American Revolution' connotes only the war period (1776–1783), the entire colonial experience is included. Free Negros were present during early campaigns of the war and throughout the war. In March 1770, Crispus Attucks died during the protest that has become known as the Boston Massacre.   At the Battle of Bunker Hill, Peter Salem and Salem Poor, two free Negros valiantly served. Salem Poor was commended for his actions that day.
Slavery
Main article: Slavery in the United States For over 200 years, the American system of slavery held four million people of color in bondage.  The effect was felt by all the people of the nation, including black, white, yellow, and red. It was premised on a system of racial supremacy that affected the development of the American Negro and the relationships of all American's with persons of other races.
The first blacks in the new world did not arrive on the slave ship to Jamestown in 1619. Rather, it was Pedro Alonzo Niño, navigator on the Niña the smallest of Christopher Columbus's vessels.[4] From that day, Negros participated in nearly every major Spanish exploration in the new world. Neflo de Olaña and thirty other Negros were with Balboa when they discovered the Pacific Ocean. 
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Houston TX
Slave revolts and insurrections 
In the summer of 1791, Haiti witnessed the first successful slave revolt. This was not the first; it was one in a long series of revolts.  Between 1663 and 1864, there were 109 revolts on land and another 55 at sea.  Notable early insurrections include the 1712 uprising in New York City and the 1800 attack on Richmond, Virginia known as Gabriel's Rebellion. That same year, Denmark Vesey, a free black, planned to seize Charleston, South Carolina, but was foiled when betrayed. 
House at John Brown's Farm, North Elba, NY
Abolition crisis
With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States gained a huge western dominion. With it, two aspects of American life came into stark comparison. The first was the expansion of slavery across the southern half of the nation, creating a vast agricultural empire based on a large rural workforce. The second was Manifest Destiny, the expansion of a free society westward across the continent.  The economic realities in the south precluded the development of a strong abolitionist base, while the lack of slavery among the industrialized north, neither supported nor abhorred the abolitionist cause.  By 1835, William Lloyd Garrison had established The Liberator as the nation's most militant abolitionist newspaper. Over the next 30 years, the north and the south would try to find ways to coexist with two different economic systems and a growing abolitionist movement. 
Civil war and emancipation
Main article: Military history of African Americans in the American Civil War The American Civil War is often seen as a war between white men over the fate of the black man. From the beginning, the African-American peoples played a significant role in the war.   As early as July 1861, three months after Fort Sumter, the United States Congress passed the first Confiscation Act, granting freedom to any slave who had been used to support the Confederate war efforts, once they were behind Union Lines.  Quickly General Sherman employed this new manpower in the construction of Union facilities from which to prosecute the war.  With the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, the First Regiment Louisiana Heavy Artillery and All Negro unit was founded by General B.F. Butler. The War Department quickly authorized the enlistment of Negro soldier with the founding of the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth and Fifty-Fifth Infantry Regiments. By the end of the war, there were over 150 all-Negro regiments.  On September 29, 1864, the Third Division of the Eighteenth Corp of the Army of the James, moved forward to take the New Market Heights outside Richmond, Virginia. The key role in this advance was given to the 'all-Negro' division. By the end of the day, the Union Army would stand on the heights overlooking the city of Richmond with a loss of 584 men and 10 Congressional Medal honorees now in their ranks. This action marked the beginning of the dissolution of the Confederate Government and the end of the war the following April.
Reconstruction-era
Segregation and the rise of Jim Crow
See also: Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era
Northern Migration 
Main article: Great Migration (African American)
Langston Terrace Dwellings, Washington, D.C.
Expanding opportunities
Civil rights movement 
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Boyhood home, Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District, Atlanta, GA
Main article: Civil Rights Movement
Cemeteries
The preservation of African-American cemeteries is an integral part of documenting Black history and heritage. Many lands where enslaved or freed black individuals were buried are threatened by development and neglect though new efforts are underway to protect these historic places. African-American historic places organized by state or territory Alabama
Further information: Category:African-American history of Alabama
16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL Arizona Arkansas
Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, AR
Further information: Category:African-American history of Arkansas California
Further information: Category:African-American history of California Colorado Connecticut
Africans who had participated in the slave revolt on La Amistad attended the First Church of Christ, Congregational in Farmington, CT Delaware
Further information: Category:African-American history of Delaware District of Columbia
Main article: List of African-American historic places in the District of Columbia
See also: Category:African-American history in Washington, D.C.Florida
Main article: List of African American historic places in Florida
Further information: Category:African-American history of FloridaGeorgia
Main article: List of African American historic places in Georgia
Further information: Category:African-American history of Georgia (U.S. state) Hawaii
  • African American Diversity Cultural Center
Idaho Illinois
Ida B. Wells-Barnett House, Chicago, IL
Further information: Category:African-American history of Illinois Indiana
Levi Coffin House in Fountain City, IN was used to hide slaves in the Underground Railroad
Further information: Category:African-American history of Indiana Iowa
Further information: Category:African-American history of Iowa Kansas
Further information: Category:African-American history of Kansas Kentucky
Further information: Category:African-American history of Kentucky Louisiana
Further information: Category:African-American history of Louisiana Maine Maryland
Further information: Category:African-American history of Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi
Main article: List of African American historic places in Mississippi 
Missouri
Main article: List of African American historic places in Missouri Montana Nebraska
Further information: List of African American historic places in Omaha, Nebraska
Further information: Category:African-American history of Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York
Further information: Category:African-American history of New York (state)
African Burial Ground National Monument, Manhattan, NY North Carolina
Main article: List of African American historic places in North Carolina
Ohio
Mount Zion Baptist Church, Athens, OH Oklahoma
Further information: Category:African-American history of Oklahoma Pennsylvania
People's Hall in Ercildoun, an abolitionist centerJohn Brown house in Chambersburg Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina
Main article: List of African American historic places in South Carolina Tennessee Texas
Main article: List of African American historic places in Texas
Utah Vermont Virginia
Main article: List of African American historic places in Virginia Virgin Islands Washington West Virginia
Main article: List of African American historic places in West Virginia
Further information: Category:African-American history of West Virginia
Harpers Ferry, WV Wisconsin See also
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