Alan Singers' Website


New York and Slavery Lower Manhattan Walking Tour

Stop 8A. Abolitionist Meeting House (118 Williams Street between Fulton and John).

Site of a boarding house operated by Asenath Hatch Nicholson, an ardent abolitionist. Starting in 1835, abolitionists met here to plan campaigns to end slavery.

Stop 8 B. African Free School (William and Beekman Streets). 

The first African Free School was established at 245 Williams Street in 1787 by the New York Manumission Society. Forty boys and girls


 
 

 
 
HOME
CONTACT