African Americans in New York (state) explained

Group:	African Americans in New York
Total:	3.002 million
Total Year:	2020
Total Ref:	^[1]
Regions:	In major New York cities such as New York City, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, and Rochester and also smaller cities and towns in or near the Hudson Valley between New York City and Albany such as Poughkeepsie, Newburgh and Monticello^[2]
Religions:	Christianity^[3]

African-American New Yorkers are residents of the U.S. state of New York who are of African American ancestry. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, African-Americans were 17.6% of the state's population.^[4] New York has the third largest African American population of any state in the United States, after Texas and Georgia.^[5] Black people were brought to the state during the slave trade when New York was a Dutch colony.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]} New York abolished slavery in 1827.^[10] Many black Southerners from Southern states such as Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas moved to the state during the Great Migration. A second Black migration wave from Caribbean countries such as Jamaica began around the same time.^[11]

See also

• African Americans in New York City
• History of slavery in New York (state)
• Demographics of New York (state)
• List of African-American newspapers in New York

External links

• The African American Presence in New York State History: Four Regional History Surveys : with a Selected List of African American Historic Sites for Each Region
• History of Slavery in New York
• The Forgotten History of Slavery in New York
• African Presence in New York

Notes and References

1. Web site: New York - Place Explorer - Data Commons. datacommons.org. 9 December 2023.
2. Web site: New York State - BlackDemographics.com. 9 December 2023.
3. Web site: Religious Landscape Study. 9 December 2023.
4. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/NY Quickfacts
5. Web site: The Growing Diversity of Black America. Christine. Tamir. 25 March 2021. 9 December 2023.
6. Web site: Was There Slavery In New York City & New York State? | MNYS. www.mnys.org. 9 December 2023.
7. Slavery and Community in the New York Region. MCDONNELL, MICHAEL A.. 2001. Australasian Journal of American Studies. 20. 2. 110–112. 41053874 . 9 December 2023. JSTOR.
8. Web site: Life in New Amsterdam Educator Resource Guide. 9 December 2023.
9. Corporate Slavery in New Netherland. Morton. Wagman. 9 January 1980. The Journal of Negro History. 65. 1. 34–42. 9 December 2023. CrossRef. 10.2307/3031546. 3031546 . 150062964 .
10. Book: Eisenstadt, Peter. The Encyclopedia of New York State. 19 May 2005. Syracuse University Press. 978-0-8156-0808-0 . 9 December 2023. Google Books.
11. Web site: New York Migration History 1850-2018 - America's Great Migrations. depts.washington.edu. 4 January 2024.