List of Slavery Memorials in the United States
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List of memorials, monuments, museums, and historic sites commemorating the legacy of Slavery in the United States, organized by state.
Alabama[edit]
- Alabama State Black Archives Research Center and Museum, Huntsville, Alabama, founded 1990
- Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, founded 1992
- Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument, Birmingham, Alabama, established by President Barack Obama in January 2017
- Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery, Alabama, designed by artist Maya Lin, 1989
- Freedom Riders National Monument, Anniston, Alabama established by President Barack Obama in January 2017
- The George Washington Carver Museum, Tuskegee, Alabama, founded 1941
- The Memorial to Peace and Justice, Montgomery, Alabama, opening 2018[1]
- National African American Archives and Museum, Mobile, Alabama, founded 1992
- Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, Montgomery, Lowndes & Dallas Counties, Alabama
Alaska[edit]
American Samoa[edit]
Arizona[edit]
- African American Multicultural Museum, Scottsdale, Arizona, founded 2005
- George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, Phoenix, Arizona, founded 1980
Arkansas[edit]
- Delta Cultural Center, Helena, Arkansas, founded 1991
- Fort Smith National Historic Site, Fort Smith, Arkansas, African-American Heritage Sites
- Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas, African-American Heritage Sites
California[edit]
- African American Museum and Library at Oakland (AAMLO), Oakland, California, collection began in 1946
- Bridget "Biddy" Mason Monument, Los Angeles, California[2]
- California African American Museum, Los Angeles, California, founded 1981
- Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, California, founded 2005
Colorado[edit]
- Black American West Museum and Heritage Center, Denver, Colorado, founded 1971
Connecticut[edit]
Delaware[edit]
District of Colombia[edit]
- African American Civil War Memorial, bronze statue by Ed Hamilton, 1997
- Anacostia Community Museum, founded 1967
- Blagden Alley, Naylor's Court Historic District[3]
- Charles Sumner School[3]
- Emancipation Memorial, sculpted by Thomas Ball, 1876
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, African-American Heritage Sites, established 1962
- Lincoln Memorial, African-American Heritage Sites
- Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, African-American Heritage Sites, established 1979
- Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial, sculpted by Robert Berks, 1974
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), Smithsonian, established 2003, opened 2016, designed by architects Adjaye Associates and Davis Brody Bond
- United States Capitol[4]
Florida[edit]
- African American Museum of the Arts, DeLand, Florida
- Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, founded 2006
- Fort Gadsden, Franklin County, Florida[3]
- Fort Mose Historic State Park, St. Augustine, Florida, Florida State Park, Florida Black Heritage Trail
- John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture, Tallahassee, Florida, founded 1996
- Kingsley Plantation, Jacksonville, Florida, former slave plantation, African-American Heritage Sites
- LaVilla Museum, Jacksonville, Florida, founded 1999
- Lincolnville Historic District, St. Augustine, Florida[3]
- Mary McLeod Bethune Home, Daytona Beach, Florida, established 1956
- Old Dillard Museum, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, founded 1995
- Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Museum, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, founded 1999
- Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum, Tallahassee, Florida, founded 1976
- USS Alligator, Florida Keys[3]
Georgia[edit]
- African American Slavery Monument, Savannah, Georgia[5]
- Dorchester Academy, Midway, Georgia, founded 2004
- Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Atlanta, Georgia, African-American Heritage Sites, founded 1996
- National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, Georgia, founded 2014
- Tubman Museum, Macon, Georgia, founded 1981
Guam[edit]
Hawaii[edit]
Idaho[edit]
- Idaho Black History Museum, Boise, Idaho, founded 1995
Illinois[edit]
- DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago, Illinois, founded 1960
- Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Springfield, Illinois, African-American Heritage Sites
Indiana[edit]
Iowa[edit]
- African American Museum of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, opened 2000
Kansas[edit]
- Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Topeka, Kansas, African-American Heritage Sites
- Fort Scott National Historic Site, Fort Scott, Kansas, African-American Heritage Sites
- Kansas African-American Museum, Wichita, Kansas, founded 1997
- Nicodemus National Historic Site, Nicodemus, Kansas, African-American Heritage Sites, founded 1996
- Quindaro Townsite, Kansas City, Kansas[3]
Kentucky[edit]
- Isaac Scott Hathaway Museum at Lexington History Center, Lexington, Kentucky, founded 2002
- Mammoth Cave National Park
Louisiana[edit]
- Odell S. Williams Now And Then African-American Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, founded 2001
- Bontemps African American Museum, Alexandria, Louisiana, founded 1988
- Cane River Creole National Historical Park, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, African-American Heritage Sites, established in 1994
- Cherie Quarters Cabins, Oscar, Louisiana[3]
- Destrehan Plantation, Destrehan, Louisiana, National Register of Historic Places
- Evergreen Plantation, Wallace, Louisiana[3]
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, New Orleans, Louisiana, African-American Heritage Sites
- Louisiana African American Heritage Trail, State of Louisiana, founded 2008
- New Orleans African American Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana, founded 1988
- Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum, Monroe, Louisiana, founded 1994
- River Road African American Museum, Donaldsonville, Louisiana, founded 1994
- Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum, Hammond, Louisiana, founded 2005
- Whitney Plantation Historic District, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
Maine[edit]
Maryland[edit]
- Banneker-Douglass Museum, Annapolis, Maryland, founded 1984
- National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, founded 1983
- Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, Maryland, National Park Service[6]
- Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center, Church Creek, Maryland, African-American Heritage Sites, established 2017
- Hosanna School, Harford County, Maryland[3]
- Prince George's African American Museum and Cultural Center, North Brentwood, Maryland, founded 2010
- Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, Baltimore, Maryland, founded 2005
Massachusetts[edit]
- Boston Massacre memorial, Boston, Massachusetts
- Boston African American National Historic Site, Boston, Massachusetts, African-American Heritage Sites
- Dorsey-Jones House, Northampton, Massachusetts[3]
- Jackson Homestead, Newton, Massachusetts, Underground Railroad site
- Museum of African American History & Abiel Smith School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1964
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, New Bedford, Massachusetts, includes exhibit about the Underground Railroad
- Monument to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment, Boston Common
- Isaac Royall House, Medford, Massachusetts[3]
- William C. Nell House, Boston, Massachusetts[3]
Michigan[edit]
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, Michigan, founded 1965.[7]
- International Memorial to the Underground Railroad, Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario[8]
Minnesota[edit]
Mississippi[edit]
- Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, Jackson, Mississippi, 2017
- Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture, Natchez, Mississippi, founded 1991
- Natchez National Historical Park, Natchez, Mississippi, African-American Heritage Sites
- Smith-Robertson Museum and Cultural Center, Jackson, Mississippi, founded 1984
Missouri[edit]
- George Washington Carver National Monument, Diamond, Missouri, African-American Heritage Sites
- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, Missouri, African-American Heritage Sites
- Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri[3]
Montana[edit]
Nebraska[edit]
- Great Plains Black History Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, founded 1975
- Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, Douglas County, Nebraska[9]
Nevada[edit]
New Hampshire[edit]
- African Burying Ground Memorial Park, Portsmouth, New Hampshire[10]
- Cartland House, Lee, New Hampshire[3]
New Jersey[edit]
- Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey, founded 1984
- T. Thomas Fortune House, Red Bank, New Jersey[3]
New Mexico[edit]
New York[edit]
- African American Museum of Nassau County, Hempstead, New York, opened 1970
- African Burial Ground National Monument, New York City, African-American Heritage Sites
- Gerrit Smith Estate, Peterboro, New York[3]
- Jerry Rescue Monument, Syracuse, New York
- North Star Underground Railroad Museum, Ausable Chasm, near Keeseville, New York
- Sylvester Manor, Burying Ground of the Manor, Shelter Island, New York[11]
- Underground Railroad Heritage Trail, Rochester, New York[3]
- Wall Street and Trinity Church, New York City[12]
North Carolina[edit]
- Harvey B. Gantt Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, founded 1974
- International Civil Rights Center and Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina, founded 2010
- UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina[13]
North Dakota[edit]
Northern Mariana Islands[edit]
Ohio[edit]
- The African American Museum in Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, founded 1953
- National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, Ohio, founded 1987
- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, founded 2004
- Passage to Freedom, Oberlin College, sculpture by students[14]
Oklahoma[edit]
Oregon[edit]
Pennsylvania[edit]
- African American Museum in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, opened 1976
- August Wilson Center for African American Culture, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded 2006
- Bilger's Rocks, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, part of the Underground Railroad
- Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Independence Mall, "The President's House: Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a New Nation" exhibit next to Liberty Bell Pavilion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[15]
Puerto Rico[edit]
Rhode Island[edit]
South Carolina[edit]
- Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum, Seneca, South Carolina, founded 2015
- Clemson Area African American Museum, Clemson, South Carolina, founded 2010
- Denmark Vesey Monument, Charleston, South Carolina, 2014[16]
- International African American Museum, Charleston, South Carolina, 2019 (anticipated)
- Reconstruction Era National Monument, Beaufort County, South Carolina includes Camp Saxton Site/Emancipation Grove, Port Royal Penn Center, Saint Helena Island, established in January, 2017 by President Barack Obama
- Slave Houses, Gregg Plantation, on the campus of Francis Marion University at Mars Bluff, South Carolina
- Old Slave Mart, Charleston, South Carolina, founded 1938
Tennessee[edit]
- "First Abolitionist Publications" Marker – Jonesborough, Tennessee[17]
- National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, founded 1991
- Wessyngton Plantation (African-American Cemetery), Cedar Hill, Tennessee[18]
Texas[edit]
- African American Museum (Dallas), Dallas, Texas, founded 1974
- Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, Texas[3]
- Ashton Villa, Galveston, Texas[3]
- Booker T. Washington Park, Mexia, Texas
- Emancipation Park, Austin, Texas
- Emancipation Park, Houston, Texas
- Fort Davis National Historic Site, Texas, African-American Heritage Sites
- Freedmen's Town National Historic District, Houston, Texas[3]
- George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, Austin, Texas, founded 1980
United States Virgin Islands[edit]
Utah[edit]
Vermont[edit]
Virginia[edit]
- Alexandria Black History Museum, Alexandria, Virginia, founded 1987
- Anne Spencer House, Lynchburg, Virginia, founded 1977
- Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Arlington County, Virginia, African-American Heritage Sites
- Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia[3]
- Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, founded 1988
- Booker T. Washington National Monument, Hardy, Virginia, African-American Heritage Sites
- Colonial National Historical Park, Yorktown, Virginia, African-American Heritage Sites
- Corhaven Graveyard, Shenandoah County, Virginia[19]
- East End Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia[20]
- George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Westmoreland County, Virginia, African-American Heritage Sites
- James River Plantations, James River, Virginia[3]
- L.E. Coleman African-American Museum, Halifax County, Virginia, founded 2005
- Legacy Museum of African American History, Lynchburg, Virginia, founded 2000
- Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, Richmond, Virginia, African-American Heritage Sites
- Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia[21]
- Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Virginia[22]
- Petersburg National Battlefield, Petersburg, Virginia, African-American Heritage Sites
- Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial, Charlotte County, Virginia
- Richmond National Battlefield Park, Richmond, Virginia, African-American Heritage Sites
- Stratford Hall (plantation), Westmoreland County, Virginia
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia[23]
- Virginia Civil Rights Memorial, Richmond, Virginia
- Washington and Lee University[24]
- Woodlawn (plantation), Fairfax County, Virginia
Washington[edit]
- Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, Washington, founded 2008
West Virginia[edit]
- Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, African-American Heritage Sites
- Storer College, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, African-American Heritage Sites
Wisconsin[edit]
- America's Black Holocaust Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, founded 1988
See also[edit]
- List of museums focused on African Americans
- African-American Heritage Sites
- List of museums focused on African Americans
- Civil Rights Monuments
- List of African-American historic places
- List of Underground Railroad sites
External links[edit]
- National Park Service, African-American History
- U.S. Buildings and Landmarks Built With Slave Labor, Curbed, 7/27/2016
- National African American Historic Landmarks, Blackpast.org
- National Park Service
- maripo.com
- Explore Kentucky History, Ky.gov
- Slavery Memorials at Whitney Plantation VOX.com
- Many Museums Are Devoted to American Slavery? The Atlantic 1/27/2016
- Burial Database Project of Enslaved Americans
- Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS)
- Digital Library on American Slavery
- National Burial Database of Enslaved Americans
- Savage, Beth L. (Ed.); African American Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places; National Park Service, Preservation Press, 1994.
References[edit]
- ↑ eji.org
- ↑ Blackpast.org
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 blackpast.org
- ↑ "Slave Labor Commemorative Marker". aoc.gov.
- ↑ destinationtips.com
- ↑ National Park Service, Hampton National Historic Site
- ↑ blackpast.org
- ↑ blackpast.org
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Memory & Landmarks, Fordham University, p.26
- ↑ Memory & Landmarks, Fordham University, p. 22
- ↑ Memory & Landmarks, Fordham University, p. 24
- ↑ Trinity Wall Street Church
- ↑ diverseeducation.com
- ↑ destinationtips.com
- ↑ politico.com
- ↑ New York Times
- ↑ destinationtips.com
- ↑ Memory & Landmarks, Fordham University, p. 28
- ↑ "Long-lost slave cemetery-m discovered and preserved in rural Virginia", Washington Post
- ↑ Memory & Landmarks, Fordham University, p. 21
- ↑ Monticello.org
- ↑ MountVernon.org
- ↑ washingtonpost.com
- ↑ WLU.edu
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