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Mayor Eric Adams commissions Staten Island Ferry boat named for New York's first free Black community

By CBS New York Team

/ CBS New York

SI Ferry commissioned honoring first free Black New Yorkers

NEW YORK -- On Friday, Mayor Eric Adams commissioned a Staten Island Ferry boat named for New York's first free Black community.

The "Sandy Ground" honors the rich history of Black New Yorkers living on Staten Island.

The community settled there nearly 200 years ago and served as a stop on the historic Underground Railroad.

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