Tours

2019 Trolley & Bus Tours Self-guided tour Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail 2019 Sankofa Guided Walking Tours Africans have contributed to the economic and cultural fabric of New Hampshire since the 1600s. More than 700 Blacks lived in Portsmouth by the time of the Revolution, many of them caught up as chattel in the lucrative Northern slave market while others were part of a marginalized community of free people. Experience the history and cultural roots of the early African Community in…

Saturday 6 April, 1:30-3:00 p.m. Greenland Historical Society Presents Meet Jack Staines, a “Black Jack” A living history presentation by Kevin Wade Mitchell, regional actor and Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire Sankofa scholar. at: The Parish House, 44 Post Rd. in Greenland, NH For more information contact Karen Mason at (603) 366-6336.

Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, 2-3pm, Portsmouth NH Public Library’s Hilton Room A performance of story, music and history. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments and Q&A after the performance. The 2nd annual event honoring the U.N International Decade for People of African Descent Presented by Artists Building Capacity as World Citizens A dramatic performance by NH Seacoast actor Kevin Wade Mitchell, through story and music, he explores the life of a little-known New England historical figure of color,…

On Sunday, Eric Aldrich told tales of Hancock’s first black family – their personal scandals, which became public scandals through church admonishments, the troubling burial of Elliot Due, and the factions of town torn over the anti-slavery movement. The story makes up the fabric of a new piece of a black heritage tour previously only offered in Portsmouth. No pictures remain of the Hancock’s first black residents, James Due and Jack Weare, or either of Due’s children. What little remains of their lives is mostly taken from church records and census records of the day, some of which is inaccurate,…

reprinted from SeacoastOnline.com Sept 2, 2018 The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, which shares the 300-year-old history of the state’s African-American people, announced its first walking tour in Hancock. To date, the BHTNH has only offered guided walking and trolley tours along the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail. The Hancock and additional tours scheduled later this season in Milford, mark the first step in the BHTNH having a truly state-wide presence. The BHTNH recently received Yankee Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Award…

Our First Black History Walking Tour – in Hancock, NH Saturday, Sept 9, 10am Asserting Freedom: A Tour of Cellar Holes & Sites in Hancock, NH. Tour Guide: Eric Aldrich $25 per person. 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 settlers who worked,…