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from Mapping the African American Past (MAAP) Hosted by Columbia University

Eastville, Long Island Eastville, like many early free African American communities on Long Island, was multi-ethnic. African Americans arrived in Sag Harbor seeking employment in the profitable whaling business sometime prior to 1840.

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