Roast Meat Hill

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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