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New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
General Management Plan
 

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Preface
Introduction
A National Park Comes to New Bedford
Map of the Park
What Makes This Place Special?
The Context for the Management Plan
Highlights of the Plan
The Plan
How the Plan was Developed
Appendix A: P.L. 104-333: Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 SEC 511. NEW BEDFORD NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT
Appendix B: New Bedford National Park: Major Interpretive Themes
Appendix C: Cost Estimates
Appendix D: United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service Record of Decision, Final General Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement
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Did You Know?
By the 1840s, black sailors constituted about one-sixth of the labor force; and by 1900, West Indians, Azoreans, and Cape Verdeans had become a majority.

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