Before Central Park: The Lost Story of Seneca Village: How New York's First Black Property-Owning Community Was Erased to Build America's Most Famous Park

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

What if America's most beloved park was built on stolen dreams?

In 1825, when slavery still gripped the nation, a remarkable community took root in Manhattan. Seneca Village-New York's first neighborhood of Black property owners-was a place where African American families held deeds to their land, voted, built churches, and sent their children to school. Here, nearly 300 people created something revolutionary: a community of true ownership, digni...