Seacoast,
NH
Black History
New Hampshire's black history begins in Portsmouth
in 1645. But there are important stories to tell
from across the Seacoast. Our goal is to tell those
stories.
First time visitor? Start with these articles:
First Blacks Of Portsmouth
(Part 1) then read
First Blacks Of Portsmouth
(Part 2)
Tour the Black Heritage
Trail Online
Get your Black Heritage Trail
Guide Now
"Roots and Branches" artwork
© 1997-2003 by Richard
Haynes, Jr.
Black History Article List
 The
Coffins Under the Street 
Lost Black
Cemetery Discovered?
Richard Potter, First US Magician
Maine's "Visible" Black
History
NH's
First Black Congregation
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Beneath
the Underground Railroad in New England
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American
Jazz Gallery by Richard Haynes
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Frederick
Douglass Comes to Town
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"Thirst for
Freedom" Tells Runaway Tale
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We Get US Post
Office "Stamp of Approval"
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Black
Heroes, White Poets
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Ona, Runaway Slave of
George Washington
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Migrant
Worker Paintings by Richard Haynes
Portsmouth artist offers an exclusive online
look at his latest colorful series
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Limited Edition Richard
Haynes Print
Now you can own our very popular logo image
in this signed collector's art print edition
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Brewster
on Prince & Cuffee Whipple
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NH
Slave Stories Thrive Online
Portsmouth black history outdraws
every other topic we've put online
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Langdon Family Slaves
Domestic and farm workers in Portsmouth's #1 family
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Warner House Slaves
Three famous owners all practiced slavery
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The Church and Portsmouth
Slaves
How did a northern church community
treat the slaves of Portsmouth, NH?
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Slaves of the William
Pitt Tavern
The Stavers family hosted royalists and
revolutionaries -- and owned slaves.
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Slavery in Portsmouth
When 61 slaves arrived here in 1755
it was business as usual for NH
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Black History Hotlinks
Updated for 2000 with links to our
favorite african-american history sites
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The Morning Star of
Dover
A white abolitionist newspaper struggles
to be heard in 19th century Seacoast NH
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Whittier's Anti-Slavery
Ode to NH
Poet John Greenleaf Whittier praised NH for its abolitionist
stand in 1846. But did we deserve it?
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"Lost Boundaries" Movie
Summary
The most complete plot summary of NH's ground-breaking
1949 race film.
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The Making
of "Lost Boundaries"
All about the 1949 NH docu-drama on race and prejudice
by Louis de Rochemont.
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"Black Jacks" Exclusive
Interview
UNH Prof. Jeff Bolster releases first comprehensive
history of African American mariners in the Age of
Sail.
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NH's "Colored Patriots
Of The Revolution"
Excerpt from the landmark 1855 history book of black
Revolutionary War heroes and author bio.
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First Blacks Of
Portsmouth (Part 1)
Valerie Cunningham traces African American history
from 1645 through the first harsh century of slavery.
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First Blacks Of
Portsmouth (Part 2)
Limited freedom came slowly. Valerie Cunningham discusses
emancipation, the "Negro Court," and the lives of
Portsmouth's expanding black population.
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Prince Whipple
An unsung Revolutionary War hero of Portsmouth is
pictured in "Crossing the Delaware" with George
Washington.
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Slavery In
Portsmouth
Charles W. Brewster's 1800s view of slavery is far
from politically correct today, but it is one of
the few records remaining.
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Black Heritage Trail
Still a work in progress, this stirring catalog of
places, people and times in Portsmouth is finally
finding its way into the history of our region.
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The Portsmouth Elders
Five selections from Valerie Cunningham's oral history
of long time black residents of Portsmouth.
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Blues
Bank Collective Hotlink
A website dedicated to promoting the blues and blues
artists in the NH seacoast region.
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Hewlett
Packard Makes Seacoast History
Computer firm joins forces with us and local author
to produce black history.
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