Let us hope that the the new Museum of African American History's  
exhibit on slavery does not exclude all the non-African peoples that  
where enslaved: Native Americans, prisoners, Europeans, and peoples  
of mixed heritage.

> "A rare glimpse of the enslavement of Native Americans in Orange  
> County, New York."
> Ray Decker, IOCCNYAA, and Town of Chester Historian, Clifton  
> Patrick, will present a short talk at the 20th Annual  
> Archaeological Conference,  on Saturday, October 28, 2006 at the  
> Lautenburg Visitor Center, Sterling Forest State Park, 115 Old  
> Forge Road, Tuxedo, New York.

Attached to a 1720 indenture for the "Gray Court" farm and property  
is an addendum listing the personal property, chattel, included in  
the sale. Along with the itemized list of the livestock is the slave  
inventory, specifying their names, gender and race.


Clifton Patrick
Town of Chester Historian
119 Brookside Ave.
Chester, County of Orange
New York 10918

direct phone/fax  845-469-7645


On Oct 6, 2006, at 7:01 AM, David Roberts wrote:

> Interesting post on an important topic.  Often buried by historians or
> denied by the general public is the fact that New York was a
> slave state until 1827; most northern states were slave states at  
> the turn
> of the 19th century [+/- 1800].
>
> I attended a lecture a few weeks back at Sotterley Plantation, St.  
> Mary's
> County, Maryland, given by the director of the new Museum of African
> American History to be built on the Mall in Washington, D. C. I  
> asked him
> about this very subject and YES the Museum will cover Slavery in  
> the North
> as well as in the South. I was glad to hear that and to know that  
> slavery
> can be fairly & accurately presented as a problem in all the  
> original 13
> states. The lecture was very interesting. This looks to be a very  
> important
> museum and one long needed.
>
> David Roberts
> Hollywood, MD
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Subject: [NYHIST-L] New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War
>
>
>> The New-York Historical Society Unveils Plans for New York Divided:
> Slavery
>> and the Civil War—the final Chapter in a groundbreaking series opens
>> November 17
>>
>> Exhibition traces importance of slavery in the evolution of New  
>> York’s
> rise
>> to global economic power from 1827 through 1865
>>
>> NEW YORK, NY – September 20, 2006 – The New-York Historical Society
> (N-YHS)
>> will open New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War, the final
> exhibition
>> in its groundbreaking series on slavery and its impact on the people,
>> landscape, institutions and economy of New York on November 17,  
>> 2006. The
>> exhibition runs through September 3, 2007.
>>
>>
>