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The Museum of African American History on Nantucket features two historic sites, the African Meeting House and the Florence Higginbotham House. These buildings were at the center of a thriving nineteenth-century African American community on the island. The Museum presents cultural programs and interpretive exhibits on the history of African Americans on Nantucket, and makes the African Meeting House available for ceremonies and special events. A project to preserve and restore the Florence Higginbotham House is underway with generous support from the Community Preservation Committee of Nantucket and the Tupancy-Harris Foundation. | |||
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African Meeting House, Nantucket  The only public building constructed and occupied by African Americans in the 19th century still standing on Nantucket Island. More |
The
Seneca Boston-Florence Higginbotham House |
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 The Black Heritage Trail® on Nantucket features nine stops and is divided into two segments, Downtown and New Guinea. New Guinea is the section of Nantucket where blacks lived in the 18th and 19th centuries. More |
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Built
on land purchased in 1774 by Seneca Boston, a weaver and
formerly enslaved man whose family maintained the house
until 1918. He exemplified the black
Nantucket community that began forming in 1710.