The Building and Properties Committee is a work in progress - join in and let your imagination rule! The B+P Committee will focus on two major construction projects - the…

Members of The Women's Club of Albany will visit The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence on Saturday, April 10 for a tour experience that will complement the virtual Women of…

Staten Island, one of New York City’s five boroughs, has a rich history that includes free and freedom seeker African Americans. In her research, Ms. Paige has uncovered significant documentation…

Livestreamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/historiccherryhill Historic Cherry Hill’s Education Coordinator will bring you into the sleeping quarters of Dinah Jackson, a woman who was enslaved and worked as a cook at…

A Zoom Meeting Livestreamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/historiccherryhill Details of the lives of enslaved individuals can be difficult to piece together, and it is often necessary to read between the lines…

A Zoom Meeting Livestreamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/historiccherryhill Paul and Mary Liz Stewart of the Underground Railroad Education Center will discuss the myths versus the truth of the Underground Railroad…

A Zoom Meeting Livestreamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/historiccherryhill Moderated by Dr. Kori Graves, Associate Professor of History at the University at Albany, this three-part presentation will shed light on the varying…

In the middle decades of the 18th Century, the Oblong Meeting at Pawling - along with other Quaker communities - were spreading across eastern Dutchess County and points beyond. The area would go on to boast the largest settlement of Quakers outside of Philadelphia. Almost from the beginning, these Quakers found themselves at the forefront…

Put on the garden gloves, pick up the rake, and off you go! Would you prefer to work with clippers or a shovel? How about a lawn mower or pitch fork? Are you a gardener? Are you a carpenter? All sorts of garden and grounds activities fill up work party days. Join in the fun.…

Join archaeologists from the NYS Museum, NYS Bureau of Historic Sites, Hartgen Archaeological  Associates, and the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and HIstoric Preservation for a conversation on how we can interpret through material culture the lives of enslaved people otherwise absent form the historical record. Preregistration at https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/7640952 is required in order to receive a…

Across the vast expanse of the Atlantic Ocean and North America, enslaved Africans lived their lives under constant threat to themselves and their families. Even for free men and women, everywhere lay the risk of danger, displacement and death. Often, their response was to flee, to run, to self-emancipate, sometimes with help from the Underground…

New York was the last slaving port in the Americas. Long after Congress banned the trade, hundreds of ships were leaving the wharfs of Manhattan bound for the African coast. This talk, drawn from the author's new book, The Last Slave Ships (Yale University Press), describes who ran the trade and how, why law enforcement…