Black Tenement Communities in the Mid-1800s

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Virtual Professional Learning Workshop
CTLE: 1.5 Credits

Where did Black New Yorkers live in the 1860s? After Seneca Village and before Harlem, there was the 8th Ward. Join us for a special teacher workshop about our newest exhibit, A Union of Hope: 1869, featuring the stories of Joseph and Rachel Moore, a Black couple who lived at 17 Laurens Street in the 8th Ward, today’s SoHo neighborhood. Their neighbors were Black migrants from places such as upstate New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, and Louisiana; along with Irish, West Indian, Cuban and French immigrants.

Lead Exhibit Researcher Marquis Taylor will take you virtually through Joseph and Rachel Moore’s recreated apartment as he discusses the history of the Lower Manhattan tenement community of Black New York. Learn about the push and pull factors that led them to New York, understand their everyday lives and their social and communal networks, and gain a new understanding of tenements through the eyes of Joseph and Rachel Moore.

If you have any questions about the workshop, email us at [email protected].