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BHTNH 2025 Juneteenth Celebration A Reckoning: Reclaiming the Past, Remembering Black Voices, Reshaping the Future June 8, 10-15, & 19 Presenter Bios Sunday, June 8 | 2:00 PM | Temple Israel | Portsmouth JEFFERSON IN PARIS, A FILM DISCUSSION Delia Malia Konzett is a Professor of English and Cinema Studies at University of New Hampshire. She is the author of the monographs Ethnic Modernisms (2002) and Hollywood’s Hawaii: Race, Nation, and War (2017) and the editor of Hollywood at the Intersection of Race and Identity (2020).  …

Located at the Greenland Parade Gazebo In front of the Community Congregational Church at the Intersection of Church Lane Portsmouth Avenue and Post Road.  Parking is available at the Greenland Central School, 70 Post Road, Greenland, NH. Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025 Time: 11 AMThe unveiling ceremony, speakers, music, and refreshments. The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire in Partnership with the Greenland Historical Society. 

Valerie Cunningham On the 30th Anniversary of the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail August 29, 2024    To be located at the Portsmouth Historical Society.

Located at Page’s Cemetery, 339 Stark North Highway, Dunbarton, NHScipio Page (d. ca. 1815)Scipio Page was enslaved when he came to Dunbarton in 1751 to carve out the homestead of Captian Caleb Page. Scipio fought in the French & Indian and Revolutionary Wars. He later served as captain of a Black militia that included men from nearby towns. In 1788, the proprietors of the town acknowledged Scipio’s work by granting him thirteen acres of common land near One Stack Brook…

MANCHESTER, NH – The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire and the Manchester Historic Association are excited to announce the dedication of a new marker recognizing and honoring enslaved peoples’ contributions to Manchester’s textile industry.  This will be the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire’s first commemorative marker in Manchester. The unveiling ceremony will take place on Saturday, September 21, at 10 a.m. The marker will be located on the south end of the Mill #3 building at 200 Bedford…

Located at the Manchester Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, NH Prior to the Civil War, the majority of the cotton used to manufacture cloth at the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company in Manchester was purchased from southern sources where it was grown and picked on cotton plantations by enslaved people. In 1859, Amoskeag purchased an average of 5,000 bales of cotton per week for its textile production. The cotton was received from cities including Mobile, Alabama; Galveston, Texas; Charleston, South Carolina, New…

  Located at 223 Water Street, Exeter, NHExeter had the highest percentage of Black residents in NH in the first US census, at nearly 5%. Close to a dozen Black Revolutionary War veterans made Exeter their home upon their return from the War. They raised families and have been a strong presence for nearly 60 years. The veterans got their military pensions in the building that is not the American Independence Museum. Black citizens attended integrated schools. One of these citizens,…

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2025 Things They Carried: An African Philosophy on War, Surviving Enslavement and Citizenship        State of the Race: Creating Our 21st Century, Where Do We Go from Here?By by Jemadari Kamara (Editor), Tony Menelik Van Der Meer (Editor)Article 1: The Freedom Petitions: Black Patriotism, Black Politics, and the Abolition of Slavery in Massachusetts, 1773-1783Article 2: African Cosmology and the Duality of Western Hegemony: The Search for an African IdentityBook chapter: Comparative Just War Theory: Chapter Eight: An African Theory of Just Causes for War…

New Historic Marker Dedication, Free Film Screening, and 18th Annual ConferencePORTSMOUTH, NH Sept 11, 2024 — The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH) is pleased to announce its lineup of upcoming events taking place in Manchester through early October. September 21 at 10 am – Millyard Museum, Historic Marker UnveilingWorking in collaboration with the Manchester Historical Association, the Black Heritage Trail is unveiling a new historic marker recognizing and honoring enslaved peoples’ contributions to Manchester’s textile industry. With over two…