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The African American Heritage Trail of Martha's Vineyard - Town of Oak Bluffs
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Trail Points 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15: The Town of Oak Bluffs. There are 7 Heritage Trail Points included in this Oak Bluffs page: the old Eastville Cemetery, Pulpit Rock, the home of Dorothy West, the Shearer Cottage, the Gospel Tabernacle, and the Bradley Memorial Church. We are currently adding Trail Points on the home of Louisa Izett and a bench honoring the African American landladies of Oak Bluffs. Soon Other trail sites located in Oak Bluffs are Martha's Vineyard Regional High School. Is on Dukes ...
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The African American Heritage Trail of Martha's Vineyard, MA
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The Shearer Cottage, Rose Avenue, Eastville, Oak Bluffs. On Rose Avenue was originally purchased by Charles and Henrietta Shearer from the Baptist Campground. Charles Shearer, the son of a white slave master and his enslaved black woman, was born into slavery on a farm in Spanish Oaks, Appomattox County, Virginia, on January 10, 1854. Harry T. Burliegh and friends at the Cottage, 1918. Performer and activist; Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. The Shearer was the first site dedicated on the AAHT, in 1987. The Shea...