Event name
Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail Walk and Presentation
When
Wed 10 / 12 / 2022
9:45 AM to 11:30 AM
9:45 AM to 11:30 AM
Where
Black Heritage Trail Office
222 Court St.
Portsmouth NH 03801
222 Court St.
Portsmouth NH 03801
Who can attend
Members only
Limited Capacity: 8 spots available
Price
$20.00
Organizer
Kathy Rockwood
Seacoast Village members and friends—Join us for a private Black Heritage Trail walk and Presentation by Angela Matthews, longtime volunteer with the Black Heritage Trail nonprofit. She has been a fundraiser guru for the nonprofit and has been recognized for her efforts to educate the public about the history of the Black community.
Institutional slavery in Colonial America provided immense wealth and culture to many European immigrants and their descendants in the Americas, as Portsmouth’s house museums bear witness. This tour brings into focus an economic system dependent upon the international slave trade with its constant supply of kidnapped, unpaid African workers and their descendants, who against the odds, created one of this country’s oldest Black communities.