Portsmouth African Burying Ground
The Portsmouth African Burying Ground is a memorial park on Chestnut Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The memorial park sits on top of an 18th century gravesite containing almost two hundred freed and enslaved African people.Photo: LibSEEE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: Memorial park in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
- Also known as: “African Burying Ground”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Music Hall and John Paul Jones House.
The Music Hall
Theater building
Photo: Ken Gallager, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Music Hall is an 895-seat theater located at 28 Chestnut Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the United States. Built in 1878, The Music Hall claims to be the oldest operating theater in New Hampshire and the 14th-oldest in the United States. The Music Hall is situated 390 feet northwest of Portsmouth African Burying Ground.
John Paul Jones House
Museum
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The John Paul Jones House is a historic house at 43 Middle Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Now a historic house museum and a National Historic Landmark, it is where American Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, resided from 1781 to 1782 when it was operated as a boarding house. John Paul Jones House is situated 420 feet west of Portsmouth African Burying Ground.
South Church Unitarian Universalist Church
Place of worship
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
South Parish is the historic name of a church at 292 State Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the United States. The church building, built in 1824–26, is one of the earliest examples of Classical Revival architecture in New England, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. South Church Unitarian Universalist Church is situated 390 feet northeast of Portsmouth African Burying Ground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portsmouth and Kittery.
Portsmouth
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. It had a population of 21,956 at the 2020 census. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine, Portsmouth was formerly the home of the Pease Air Force Base, since converted to Portsmouth International Airport at Pease.
Kittery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kittery is a small town in Maine, directly across from the New Hampshire border, that features a number of outlet stores.
Atlantic Heights Development
Neighborhood
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Atlantic Heights Development is a historic company-built worker subdivision in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Bounded by I-95, the Piscataqua River, and the tracks of the Boston and Maine Railroad, this small neighborhood was built in 1918–1920 to meet…
Portsmouth African Burying Ground
- Categories: slavery memorial and historic site
- Location: City of Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.07487° or 43° 4′ 30″ northLongitude
-70.75882° or 70° 45′ 32″ westOpen location code
87MF36FR+WFOpenStreetMap ID
way 456208604OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q97357199
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In Other Languages
“Portsmouth African Burying Ground” goes by many names.
- Hausa: “Gidan binnewar Afirka na Portsmouth”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Central Fire Station and Rockingham Hotel.
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