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Sandy Ground, Oldest Free Black Community, Needs Help [1]

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Date: 2023-02-14  

Editor's Note

This story is part of a journalistic initiative to rally the country around a critical, but endangered, historical site located in Staten Island, NY: Sandy Ground, the nation's oldest free Black settlement still inhabited by descendants of its pioneers. Launched during Black History Month, this story shines a spotlight on the site’s rich past and urgent needs as its historians seek to pass the torch of preservation to a new generation.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Standing outside a weathered century-old white ranch home with a dilapidated roof, Julie Moody Lewis peers through a glass door and points to the interior of the ailing structure, which is covered in floodwater and so overrun with mold no one can enter. But the historian says she’s determined to preserve and rebuild this important piece of the past.

The site, located at 1538 Woodrow Rd. in Staten Island, N.Y., is the museum run by the Sandy Ground Historical Society, which has preserved two centuries worth of rich culture – one that is a significant part of American history….

It’s a long article, but well worth reading! And here is their website:

sandygroundny.com

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