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Blacks have been an important part of New York City's population from the very beginning tracing back to the colonial days. In fact, many of early Manhattan's structures were built with slave labor as was the wall that gave Wall Street its name. This part of our Wiki guides visitors through time, chronicling the Black experience of Slavery under the Dutch, British, and American governments. We also trace the process of emancipation in the City, look at how Blacks and immigrants interacted, describe New York's infamous draft riots of 1863, expose Manhattan's 19th century color line, chronicle the Great (Black) Migration to the north, and much, much more.

• New York's First Blacks
• New Amsterdam's People of Color
• Slavery Under British Rule
• Slave Revolt of 1712 & Slave Conspiracy of 1741

Post American Revolutionary Era:1776-1880s

• Slavery 1776-1827
• Gradual Emancipation
• Blacks and Irish Immigrants: 1840 to 1860
• The Draft Riots, Black Victimization, and Black Flight, 1863

A Changing Nation:1890s-present

• Jacob Riis and the New York City Color Line in 1890
• The Great Migration
• The African Burial Ground
• The Talented Tenth and New York City's Black Elite