The
African American Heritage Trail encompasses 29
Massachusetts and Connecticut towns in the
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area,
and celebrates African Americans in the region
who played pivotal roles in key national and international
events,
as well as ordinary people of achievement.
Among
the key 48 sites along the trail:
W.E.B.
Du Bois boyhood Homesite, a national landmark property
in Great Barrington, and the Burghardt homestead
where young Du Bois lived for a time
*
Col. Ashley House in Sheffield
where Elizabeth 'Mum Bett' Freeman was
enslaved
and whose successful suit for liberty
set the stage for the abolition of slavery in Massachusetts
*
Samuel Harrison House in Pittsfield,
home of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment chaplain
who protested discriminatory pay practices
Celebrate
Elizabeth Freeman - 'Mumbet' Day
with The Trustees of Reservations
Saturday, August 21, 2010
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for Information
New! from
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Northeast
African American Historic Places Map
Find our 48 Sites on Google Earth
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for Information
or
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to See our Sites via Google Earth
New Publication!
One Minute A Free Woman
Elizabeth Freeman and the Struggle for Freedom
by Emilie Piper and David Levinson
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for Information
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for Talks & Book Signings
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