Early Black history in Newport
Shiloh Baptist Church, 29 School Street
Union Colored Congregational Church, 49 Division Street
God's Little Acre burying ground
The Free African Union Society, founded in 1780 in Newport, Rhode Island, was America's first benevolent society for African Americans. Founders and early members included Prince Amy, Lincoln Elliot, Bristol Yamma, Zingo Stevens and Newport Gardner.[1]