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A significant geographic location that portrays relevance to Black New York is the Hendrick I. Lott House. The Hendrick I. Lott House is a Dutch-American neighborhood house that has been sustained since 1720 (Croghan, 2015). This house is interconnected with slavery that occurred within people of African decent along with serving as a safe house along the Underground Railroad.
The Hendrick I. Lott House is located at 1940 East 36th Street in Brooklyn, New York. The Lott House rests in the neighborhood known as, Marine Park. The house was originally purchased by Johannes Lott. Johannes Lott was a farmer and a community leader. The house was then passed down in the family to the grandson who the house is currently named after, Hendrick I. Lott. Once the grandson gained possession over the house, he extended the house by constructed a larger house along with over 200 acres to farm on. This farm included potatoes, wheat, cabbage and a vast range of other vegetables along with a barn (NYC Parks). This house is associated with slavery because the Lott 's relied on the labor of slaves and indentured servants to grow and cultivate the crops on …show more content…
In 1805, the Lott family freed all of their slaves before the abolition of slavery. In addition to participating in the abolition of slavery that successfully occurred in New York by 1827, the Lott House served as a safe house along the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad consisted of several safe houses which included the Lott House, which consisted of abolitionists who were sympathetic of the slaves and assisted them in hopes of escaping to a free state. Through further investigation of The Lott House, it is shown through archeological evidence that slave living quarters are present. According to archeologist Alyssa Loorya, this specific finding can be located within a crawl space above a

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