Roast Meat Hill
From Salem Links and Lore
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, many of Salem's African-Americans settled in an area near present-day Gedney, Margin and Summer Streets, then know as Roast Meat Hill.
See Also
Vertical File in Salem Collection - Black History
"Progressions of the African-American community" Salem Evening News, Feb. 16, 2000, p. A3
