Weeksville Heritage Center is tucked away in the midst of a residential community in Crown Heights, and stands as a testament of the living history of Black Americans in New York City. HannahKliger reports.
is tucked away in the midst of a residential community in Crown Heights, and stands as a testament of the living history of Black Americans in New York City.
"Weeksville Historic Community started in 1838, 11 years after the abolition of slavery in New York State. And it was really established to give free Blacks the right to vote through property ownership," he explains to CBS 2's Hannah Kliger. It used to be one of the largest free Black communities in pre-Civil War America.
The community had churches, schools, stores, a home for senior citizens, an orphanage, and even its own newspaper called the Freedman's Torchlight, Codrington says. "There's something to be said about being where, walking where, your ancestors lived," Codrington says."And the homes really make the connection between the history through the physical structures that they are."in 2019, and almost had to close its doors, until the community stepped in with a massive crowdfunding campaign.
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