It’s 1625.
Cresting across the Atlantic Ocean is a Portuguese slave ship headed to South America that is seized by Dutch West India pirates. Eleven men are removed from the ship and taken to Manahatta – an island of many hills and home to First Nations. These souls serve as “company slaves”, building some of the major public works of New Amsterdam that still exists today. Working together, they learn a new culture and strategize to gain freedom in a new world constantly in flux. Other Side of Wall Street is their remarkable untold story of discover, resilience, and dream. Now available this summer as a walking tour and graphic novel series.
WALKING TOUR
Other Side of Wall Street (1609-1680)
Length: 1.5 hrs | Saturdays at 7:30pm | Meet up at Washington Square Park under the Arch at 5th Avenue
The first story in the trilogy starts in 1643 with the beginning of a small town known as Land of the Blacks right outside the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam. By 1655, the Land of the Blacks was over twice the size of SoHo today and it continued to exist after the British took the island from the Dutch, making it the first free Black community in New York. This walking tour explains how this community started, how it functioned, and how it continued to exist into the 18th century. The creation of this overlooked Black town is the foundation to the Black Gotham Experience.
GRAPHIC NOVEL
A limited quantity of Other Side of Wall Street Preview Edition copies are now available for order.
On June 25th 2015, we launched our kickstarter campaign to fund the production of our first graphic novel in the Black Gotham Trilogy – Other Side of Wall Street. Your support means a great deal to us and the people who need these stories. Please spend 4 minutes to check out our pitch.
Other Side of Wall Street Kickstarter
26 days later and….THANK YOU!
Black Gotham Experience is growing in directions not thought about in the past 6 years and it’s taking root in places we didn’t know was fertile. Our kickstarter campaign put us in contact with a growing group of people who connect with this vision and magical things are starting to happen. Thanks to our kickstarter backers, this vision is becoming a reality and a dream at the same time. Major thanks to the 176 backers of the Other Side of Wall Street and the many more who are pushing this movement forward.
Thank You!
– Kamau Ware