When Central Park was being created in the mid-19th century, a settlement in the middle of Manhattan, home to the largest number of free Black property owners in New York before the Civil War, was erased.
Most people who walk through Central Park, from tourists to lifelong New Yorkers, have no idea of the history under their feet.
Correspondent Faith Salie asked,"There's a chance that Seneca Village was part of the Underground Railroad?""Why do you think the history has been untold and unknown until relatively recently?" "We found lots of beautiful bottles, [and] a shoe that was probably the size that was used by one of the children," said Copeland."And one of the students just started to cry."
But when New York City elites wanted to create a park that rivaled those of Europe, they were drawn to the middle of Manhattan. Marie Warsh, a historian for the Conservancy who gives tours of the landscape, told Salie,"It seems like Central Park has always existed. So, I think people are really amazed that there were people living here."Cal Jones, Manhattan Borough Historian Emeritus, has spent thousands of hours researching the residents, taking on the job of trying to find out where the villagers went, and who are their descendants.
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