Walking tour-lower manhattan

From The Peopling of New York City

To begin our investigation into the lives of the slave owners we followed their footsteps in Colonial New York. Our walking tour began on Pearl St. and ended at the site of the African Monument Burial Grounds.

New York City 1741

This is the New York City where our slave owners and slaves lived in 1741. New York City was subdivided into wards: They were the East, Dock, West, North, Upper North (Montgomery) and South wards.

A much more colorful depiction of the wards:

New York City Today

New York City has changed dramatically since 1741. A large majority of Lower Manhattan was under waters in the 1700's! Take a look:

Lower Manhattan in Pictures

Stone St, where the Court and Country parties held meetings	Tavern where many meetings for the Sons of Liberty were held	Stone St. Tavern	St. Paul's Church Cemetery
African Burial Monument Site	"For all those who were lost"	Samuel Bayard's India House	Famous Fraunces Tavern in Lower Manhattan
	Trinity Church was the Main Religious Institution in the area	Trinity Church Cemetery

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