The Rots of America

Black History of the Seacoast
Written by Various Authors

STORIES RARELY TOLD
African American history in New Hampshire begins as early as 1645. Hundreds of blacks, enslaved and free, lived in the seacoast in the 1700s. Black men fought in the Revolution and the Civil War. Their stories are among the most popular on this web site. Articles are based on and inspired by the work of historian Valerie Cunningham and Mark Sammons, authors of the upcoming book "Black Portsmouth".
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"Roots and Branches" artwork
© Richard Haynes. Jr

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First Blacks Of Portsmouth
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