What place do you visualize when you picture a slave in the colonies?
A cotton field? Tobacco field? Most people may believe that Africans ended up in the southern colonies on a plantation. However, thousands of Africans were brought to a booming slave market in New Amsterdam later named New York. This image may be close to what slaves may have seen upon arrival. Compare the images on this page with the photographs of New York today. After viewing pictures click the linked New Amsterdam image below.
New Amsterdam Fort
City Hall and The Great Dock 1679
Selling Africans in New York. January 1895.
The Castello Plan of New Amsterdam, 1660
Slaves constructed Fort Amsterdam. They built the wall to protect the city but were only permitted land outside of it.
What place do you visualize when you picture a slave in the colonies?
A cotton field? Tobacco field? Most people may believe that Africans ended up in the southern colonies on a plantation. However, thousands of Africans were brought to a booming slave market in New Amsterdam later named New York. This image may be close to what slaves may have seen upon arrival. Compare the images on this page with the photographs of New York today. After viewing pictures click the linked New Amsterdam image below.
New Amsterdam Fort
City Hall and The Great Dock 1679
The Castello Plan of New Amsterdam, 1660
Slaves constructed Fort Amsterdam. They built the wall to protect the city but were only permitted land outside of it.