Private African American Heritage Downtown Walking Tour

New To The Site! New York City, USA

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4 hours (approx.)
Hotel pickup offered
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Overview

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.

What's Included

  • Private walking tour
  • Informative, friendly, professional guide
  • Public transportation to neighborhood
  • Gratuities
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Meeting and Pickup

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We meet clients at their Manhattan hotels

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New York
NY, USA

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Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.

End point

Lower Manhattan
New York, NY, USA

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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.
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15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Trinity Church Wall Street

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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22 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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Additional Info

  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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Q: What is the cancellation policy for the Private African American Heritage Downtown Walking Tour?

A: You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund. For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (EDT). Read more Apr 2025

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.

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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (EDT).

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