Tours

Milford Black Heritage Trail Guided Bus Tour

Milford Black Heritage Trail Guided Bus Tour Friday October 25, 2019 9 am-Noon Trailblazer Harriet E. Wilson: From Servitude to Authorship Bus leaves from and returns to Southern NH University This tour is part of the 2019 Black New England Conference at Southern NH University.

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Warner Black Heritage Trail Guided Bus Tour SOLD OUT!

Warner Black Heritage Trail Guided Bus Tour SOLD OUT! Sunday October 6, 2019, 10 am A Small New Hampshire Town Remembers Its Black History Tour Guides: Rebecca Courser & Lynn Clark Bus meets in Warner at the Simonds Elementary School on Church street. Please plan to arrive at 9:45 a.m. Warner is a small rural community nestled twenty miles northwest of Concord, N.H.  The main village lies between the peak of Mt. Kearsarge and the rolling Mink Hills.  It was mainly…

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Warner tour to show how a black community thrived in 19th century N.H.

By RAY DUCKLER
Monitor columnist
Published: 10/1/2019 4:29:37 PM

A look back at black history in Warner reveals a lot, the good and the bad. Black people fought and died in American wars, before the chains of slavery had been broken. Black people worked and contributed to their community. Black people had skills and business savvy, producing items like baskets for sale in this small New Hampshire community.

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BHTH Announces Warner Black Heritage Trail Guided Bus Tour

Warner, NH: The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH) will hold its first ever guided tour in the town of Warner on Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 10 am.  The tour, entitled, A Small New Hampshire Town Remembers Its Black History, will be led by Warner residents and historians Lynn Clark & Rebecca Courser. Warner is a small rural community nestled twenty miles northwest of Concord, N.H.  The main village lies between the peak of Mt. Kearsarge and the…

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Hancock Black Heritage Trail Guided Bus Tour

Hancock Black Heritage Trail Guided Bus Tour Sunday Sept 8, 2019, 10 am Asserting Freedom: A Tour of Cellar Holes & Sites in Hancock, NH Tour Guide: Eric Aldrich Bus meets in Hancock at the town hall. Hancock, a quintessential New England village, defies the march of time. At first glance, this little village seems to be slumbering away quite peacefully. However, buried just beneath the Colonial veneer of this seemingly all-white town is a vibrant history of early Black…

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BHTNH Announce 2019 Bus & Walking Tour in Hancock, NH

Hancock, NH:  The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH), is thrilled to announce its 2019 bus/walking tour in Hancock.  This is the second year that the BHTNH has held tours outside of the original area of Portsmouth and the Seacoast, where it offered guided walking and trolley tours along the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail.  
Hancock, which can be described as a “quintessential New England village”, appears to be a place where time has stood still.  

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And Still We Rise: From Slavery to Redlining & MLK

June 30, July 28, August 25, September 29, 2019 And Still We Rise: From Slavery to Redlining & MLK A 90-minute overview of the Black Heritage Trail is just right for a first visit to Portsmouth or for those who prefer an alternative to a walking tour. Our well-trained and experienced Sankofa Scholars tell the stories of Black people from 1645, as they arrived on the colonial-era wharves lining the waterfront, until the year 2000 when New Hampshire joined 49…

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We Remember: Cemeteries and Burying Grounds

May 26, 2019 We Remember: Cemeteries and Burying Grounds The African Burying Ground Memorial is one of at least six locations in the city where Black Americans and Africans have been laid to rest. This 90-minute narrated trolley tour goes from farmlands to waterways and touches four centuries of human history. Hear the stories and remember.

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2019 Trolley & Bus Tours

2019 Guided Walking Tours Hancock Warner Milford Self-guided tour 2019 Trolley & Bus Tours Our well-trained and experienced Sankofa Scholars narrate an hour and a half tour of sites that tell the stories of Black people from the time they arrived on the colonial-era wharves lining the waterfront, to laboring in the local maritime-related industries, until New Hampshire joined the Union by adopting the MLK Holiday in 2000. BHTNH offers these special Sankofa Trolley Tours in partnership with Great Bay…

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Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire

The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire promotes awareness and appreciation of African American history and life in order to build more inclusive communities today.

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Phone: 603-570-8469
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