PIECES OF ME

💚🔫

My feelings die slow ⏳

Only cause I love hard 💪🏼

But once I stop caring 🙅🏽‍♂️

It’s a wrap 🎬

You’ll never get that part of me again. 💯

Seneca Village was a small village on the island of Manhattan, New York, founded in 1825 by free African Americans who bought land to build their homes and institutions. 

By the mid-1850s, the Village was a thriving community with a population of over 250 people. Approximately two thirds were of African descent, while the remainder were of European descent, mostly Irish. The Village was also the site of several institutions, including three churches, five cemeteries and a school.  

As the campaign to create Central Park moved forward, park advocates and the media began to describe Seneca Village and other communities in this area as “shantytowns” and the residents there as “squatters”. The village was razed for park construction. Residents were offered $2,335 for their property. Members of the community fought to retain their land. For two years, residents resisted the police as they petitioned the courts to save their homes, churches, and schools. However, in the summer of 1856, Mayor Fernando Wood prevailed and residents of Seneca Village were given final notice. In 1857, the city government acquired all private property within Seneca Village through expropriation. 

Just a FINE ass🍑🍆 MAN 😍