Midtown South in Manhattan in New York County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Broadway Tabernacle Church

know NYC

— 34th Street district —

Broadway Tabernacle Church wayside image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Larry Gertner, June 29, 2020

1. Broadway Tabernacle Church wayside

Inscription.
Front:
Hello…
I am Sojourner Truth. Born into slavery, I escaped to freedom and was an outspoken activist. The sound of boos and hisses filled the Broadway Tabernacle Church when I demanded equal rights for men and women of all races. The papers called it the Mob Convention of 1853.

Back – Top:
Founded in Lower Manhattan in 1831, the Broadway Tabernacle Church, now called Broadway United Church of Christ, moved to this site at 34th Street and Broadway in 1859, just east of some of the city’s roughest taverns.
Bottom:
“…[it was] a center for every good cause, civic or religious that needed rallying. When Garrison could speak nowhere else, the Tabernacle was open to him.”
The Literary Digest, Jan 5, 1905

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Religion & Religious Structures • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is January 5, 1905.

Location. 40° 44.983′ N, 73° 59.239′ W. Marker is in Manhattan, New York, in New York County. It is in Midtown South. It can be reached from West 34th Street east of Sixth Avenue, on the right when traveling

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west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1328 Broadway, New York NY 10001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New York City.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Jackie Robinson (a few steps from this marker); Herald Square (within shouting distance of this marker); Martinique and McAlpin Hotels (within shouting distance of this marker); The New York Herald (within shouting distance of this marker); James Gordon Bennett Monument (about 300 feet away); Macy’s (about 300 feet away); a different marker also named Macy’s (about 300 feet away); R.H. Macy & Company (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Manhattan.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Macy's Department Store (was about

Photographed by Larry Gertner, July 7, 2020

2. Broadway Tabernacle Church wayside

Panel 4

300 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . .
1. Sojourner Truth. Wikipedia biography. (Submitted on August 17, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. Broadway United Church of Christ. Wikipedia entry. (Submitted on August 17, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)