Waterfront - Northeast African American Historic Places Map (sitios de interés)
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Site #15 on Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail
About: Enslaved marines were part of the Portsmouth scene by 1727. They worked mostly in the Atlantic coastal and West Indies trades, and some sailed in the Revolution. In freedom, black Yankees continued working at this dangerous and undesirable occupation in numbers disproportionate to their portion of the total population.
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