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Sandy Ground Historical Museum
The Sandy Ground Historical Museum, located within the Sandy Ground community of Rossville on the borough of Staten Island, is dedicated to the oldest continuously inhabited free black settlement in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.visitstatenisland.com/attractions/sandy-ground-historical-society-library-museum/ )〕 The museum is home to the largest collection of Staten Island's African-American culture and history and it may also be home to the only intact 18th -century African cemetery in America.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nyc-arts.org/organizations/341/Sandy-Ground-Historical-Society )〕
The museum is operated by the Sandy Ground Historical Society and its annual festival is a celebration of black history, culture and freedom.
==Town History==
Within Rossville is Sandy Ground, among the oldest surviving communities in the United States, which was founded by free African Americans prior to the American Civil War, with the first documented land purchase by an African American in the area dating to 1828, just months after the abolition of slavery in New York State. Several of the community's historic structures are still extant, including five that have been designated as New York City landmarks, including a church, a cemetery, and three homes. Some residents also live in the original community.
After slavery in New York was abolished in 1827, freedmen settled in the area known since colonial times as Sandy Ground, which was located in the area around what is now the intersection of Bloomingdale and Woodrow Roads in Rossville. These early settlers were skilled in the oyster trade, and brought this knowledge with them to Staten Island. (MAAP ) (Mapping the African American Past ) talks about the link from Maryland Oyster Workers in the 1800s and Sandy Ground.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://maap.columbia.edu/place/42 )〕 Oyster harvesting Staten Island was mainly conducted on the island's south shore. The area of Prince's Bay was the main hub and was within walking distance from Sandy Ground. Sandy Ground also served as an important stop on the Underground Railroad, and is the oldest continuously settled free black community in the United States. Oyster farming ended around 1916 due to water pollution in the harbor.〔
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