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DUMBO Walking Tour
Brooklyn’s anti-slavery movement began in the neighborhoods we now call DUMBO and Vinegar Hill. At the end of the American Revolution, this was the town of Brooklyn. It was one of six agricultural towns in Kings County until it was incorporated as the city of Brooklyn in 1834.

From 1810 onwards, this area was home to a self-determined free black community. The community built independent institutions to meet, study, pray, and combat the widespread racism around them. They established a powerful anti-slavery agenda for future generations of activists.
Brooklyn’s anti-slavery movement began in the neighborhoods we now call DUMBO and Vinegar Hill. At the end of the American Revolution, this was the town of Brooklyn. It was one of six agricultural towns in Kings County until it was incorporated as the city of Brooklyn in 1834.

From 1810 onwards, this area was home to a self-determined free black community. The community built independent institutions to meet, study, pray, and combat the widespread racism around them. They established a powerful anti-slavery agenda for future generations of activists.
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Published on May 6, 2016
Fulton Landing
Thomas Kirks's Print Shop
Mr. Mill's Tavern 
Henry C. Thompson's Shoe and Boot Blacking Business
Site of Peter Croger's Home
Peter and Benjamin Croger's Homes
Sands Street

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