Seneca Village

Etymology
+. en. Possibly from ; or from of unknown West African origin; or from  from  indigenous American term. The Seneca were a native tribe found in the Dutch colony of New Netherlands, which may have been an origin of the name. There had been a tradition of naming African American slaves with Classical names, which may give rise to the term Seneca. The freed slaves may have had a memory of their origin in West Africa and the locale name Senegal.

Proper noun

 * 1)  ; a settlement of freed slaves and other African Americans, also containing non-WASP European immigrants, demolished to make way for.