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Our goal is creating a campus that serves the public & working waterfront, a place bigger than our ship Mary Whalen. ...
Feb 19, 2019 4 tweets 5 min read
#Chesapeake watermen came to #NYC in early 1800s and founded Sandy Ground, the oldest continuously-settled, free Black community in the #USA. A #StatenIsland ferry being built will be named "Sandy Ground." portsidenewyork.org/portsidetanke/…
#AfAmMH #Maritime #Heritage #BlackHistory A Sandy Ground memoir