seneca village

When Seneca Village thinks about Central Park, I can not imagine the idea of ​​African-Americans who once owned the land. However, there was a place 150 years ago where the place called Seneca Village flourished. Land known as Seneca Village was originally owned by John and Elizabeth Whitehead. In 1825, an African-American male, Andrew Williams, bought three compartments from Whitehead. In addition, African Methodist Church, Zion Church purchased six parcels and began the birth of a community.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the Seneca village fascinated many other people for various reasons. Seneca Village has grown when the community of York Hill, forced to be expelled by the government in the 1930s, was forced to migrate; the York Mountains were used to build a basin for Croton Distribution reservoir It was. Later, during Irish potato famine, many Irish residents came to Seneca village. Meanwhile the area of ​​the village increased by 30%. Immigrants of African Americans and Irish people are alienated and face discrimination in the streets. Despite the social and ethnic conflict in other places, it is worth noting that African Americans and Irish people in Seneca village chose to live near each other. By 1855, one third of the village's population was George Washington Planck of Ireland, later later one of the earliest Irish settlers in the village in 1842, Tamani who was born as Pat and Sarah Plunkit · Became a politician in the hall.

In 1855, 264 residents were found in the village of Seneca at the New York State Census. In the history of New York City, the majority of the population is below 14 chome, and the area beyond 59 chome is only developed occasionally, half-rural or rural. No one knows where residents of Seneca village settles. So far, descendants of Seneca villagers have not been discovered. Of the 13,000 Black New Yorkers, 91 Black New Yorkers are eligible for voting and 10 are living in Seneca. Blacks who buy land play an important role in their political participation. Blacks in the Seneca village are politically very large compared to the rest of New York. To vote, men need "$ 250 free tenure and 3 year residence".