You may be interested in looking at

Davis, Thomas J. "Three Dark Centuries around Albany:  A Survey of
Black Life in New York's Capital City Area before World War I."
_Afro-Americans in New York Life and History_ 7 (January 1983): 7-23.


Professor T. J. Davis, Ph.D., J.D.
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On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, cassidy wrote:

> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:14:30 -0400
> From: cassidy <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: "A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State

     history." <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Slavery in Upstate New York
>
> At 5:49 PM +0000 6/22/99, Marianne Briggs wrote:
> >For a college paper I'm writing, I'd be interested in any input
> >concerning sources, primary and secondary, on slavery and the lives of
> >free African Americans  during the period  till about 1830 in the
> >Schenectady/Schenectady County/ greater Capital District/ Hudson Valley
> >region of New York state.
>
> A book that is not directly related but might help is:
>
> Churches of Brooklyn by Clarence Taylor [The Columbia History of Urban
> Life, 1994].
>
>
> regards
> m
>
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