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MORE TO EXPLORE Discover the important contribu- tions African Americans have made to the fabric of Savannah through specialized tours with Footprints of Savannah Walking Tours and The Freedom Trail Tour. Broaden your understanding through a Heritage Tour with Oh So Social Tours, seeing the history of Savannah through walking, motor- coach and step-on guide options. Visit Laurel Grove South, one of Savannah's most significant final resting places for African Americans who died in the 19th and 20th cen- turies. More free African Americans are interred in Laurel Grove South than any other historic cemetery in the Southeast. Learn about the struggle of Georgia's oldest African American community from slavery to the present with three floors of photographic and interactive exhibits at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum. Peruse the collection of more than 1,000 ceremonial and spiritual objects from West and Central Africa (representing 22 countries and more than 130 cultures and ethnic groups) at the free-admission Savannah African Art Museum. Be guided through the Owens- Thomas House & Slave Quarters Museum, an example of Regency architecture in America as well as the original slave quarters designed to house the enslaved men, women and children who built the mansion and maintained the household. Experience the Beach Institute African-American Culture Center and the King-Tisdell Cottage. Georgia's oldest still-standing school for Black people, the Beach Institute was established in 1865 as a school for newly-freed enslaved people. Dating to the 1890s, the King-Tisdell Cottage has served as a cultural museum of Black arts and crafts for more than three decades. Go on the unique 40 Acres and a Mule Walking Tour. On January 16, 1865, General William Tecumseh Sherman issued Special Field Order #15 in a field on the outskirts of Savannah. Shortly thereafter, General Rufus Saxton publicly addressed formerly enslaved people and church members at Second African Baptist Church on the provisions of Sherman's offer, better known as the famous "40 Acres and a Mule" proclamation. #VisitSavannah 29 J E R E M I A H H U L L Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters Museum