Explore the rich African American heritage of New Orleans on a fascinating 2-hour walking tour. Discover the history, culture, and contributions of African descendants to the city’s food, music, religion, and architecture.
- Congo Square - Your tour guide will take you to the famous Square Congo, now part of Armstrong Park on the edge of the French Quarter in the Faubourg Treme where hundreds of African slaves and laborers congregated to trade goods, play music, dance, and socialize.
- French Quarter - We will walk at the French Quarter in the theme of African American culture and history. Learn from where come traditions of voodoo, dance, Jazz music, Creole food & architecture
- Experienced tour guide
- FOOD AND DRINK
- TIPS
On this two-hour walking exploration, you’ll discover how the first Africans arrived in New Orleans in 1719, only a year after the city’s establishment. These people were forcibly relocated from the Senegambia region of West Africa. The 1720s saw about five thousand Africans survive the harrowing journey to French Louisiana, followed by an approximately equal-sized group in the 1780s, brought by the Spanish from Benin and Congo. While in the colonial era, these African slaves cleared forests, cultivated crops, and developed city infrastructure.
Throughout your tour, you’ll witness the powerful influence of African culture in New Orleans, ranging from food and music to religion and architecture.
Your guide will escort you to the renowned Congo Square, now a section of Armstrong Park on the French Quarter’s border in the Faubourg Treme. This place served as a meeting point for countless African slaves and laborers to barter goods, create music, dance, and interact.
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