Join Professor Akeia Benart as she explores Newport’s colonial African American history. Visit “God’s Little Acre”, a section of the Common Burying Ground where African Americans were buried, learn about the lives of these individuals–enslaved and free. Visit the residential Point neighborhood, once a bustling seaport filled with shops, distilleries and markets, where many early African Americans lived, worked and owned property.
Tour departs from the Museum & Shop at Brick Market, 127 Thames Street. Reservations strongly encouraged as space is limited for this one time only tour. Presented with Newport History Tours.
Detail from the 18th century painting The Potter Family, on display at the Museum & Shop at Brick Market
Saturday June 16, 2012 at 11am