NYC Slavery & the Underground Railroad Walking Tour

About this experience

Learn the exciting history of how a band of brave men and women formed the networks that became the Underground Railroad. Visit an archeological site and memorial dedicated to the memory of enslaved Africans in colonial America. View a former station of the Underground Railroad. Learn about the riots, revolts, and dramatic escapes that occurred during the era of American slavery. Listen to tales of courage and triumph and discover the stories of real New Yorkers who risked their lives and properties to help people escape slavery on this historical New York City walking tour.
Tour Highlights:

Learn the exciting history of how a band of brave men and women formed the networks that became the Underground Railroad.

Explore Lower Manhattan sites relevant to the slave trade from Battery Park to Wall Street to the African Burial Ground.

Learn about the early African-American history of New York and how African-Americans impacted the creation of the city.

View historic sites like Fraunces Tavern, Trinity Church, Federal Hall, NYC Stock Exchange, Wall Street, and the African Burial Ground National Memorial.

Enjoy this tour as featured on ABC News, Netflix, the New York Times, NBC News, Newsday, and Amsterdam News, and the NY Times best-selling book “How the Word is Passed.”

Meeting & End Locations

Meet your guide in front of the Museum of the American Indian – 1 Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004
The guide will be holding up a Red, Inside Out Tours Flag.

Tour ends at African Burial Ground National Monument – Broadway between Duane Street and Reade Street.