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Guinea Town, New York

1790s establishments in New York (state)1850 disestablishments in New York (state)African-American historic placesFormer towns in New York (state)Hyde Park, New York
Populated places disestablished in 1850Populated places established in the 1790sPopulated places in New York established by African AmericansUnderground Railroad in New York (state)

Guinea Town is an early free Black community that was formed with the help of Hicksite Quakers in Old Westbury, New York in 1793 and remained active until just after the Civil War.

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