Friday, February 24, 2017

TOUR: BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT MORRIS-JUMEL

Saturday, Februry 25th,  2:00PM-3:30PM,  Black History Month Tour at Morris-Jumel Mansion,   65 Jumel Terrace by 161st Street.  Morris-Jumel docent and historian Gregory Washington will lead a tour (both inside the museum and throughout the neighborhood) detailing the African presence at the house including - the few enslaved persons who lived in the mansion, Ann Northrup and her children who lived at the home from 1841-1843 and the African Americans who lived in the Jumel Terrace Historic District beginning around 1930 to the present.  $15, $10 Members/Students. For more information, please contact: publicprograms@morrisjumel.org


More details and online tickets at the MJM site: LINK

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