Over the last few years there have been significant advancements in the research and sharing of information on the early years of the establishment of slavery in New York. Along with that work, there has also been a growing wave of information long held within archaeology that is now finding its way into the larger narrative, bringing the presence of African cultural traditions forward as never before.
NY State Parks Interpreter of African American History Lavada Nahon will highlight this work in a virtual presentation in anticipation of the 2027 commemoration of both the legal end of slavery and the arrival of the first enslaved people in New Netherland (now New York City).
Lavada Nahon is the Interpreter of African American History for NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Bureau of Historic Sites. She is also a cultural and culinary historian focused on New Netherland/New York 17th through 19th centuries enslaved and free Black history with 30 years public history experience.
This free virtual program on Wednesday, May 8th, from 7 until 8:15 pm, is sponsored by the Friends of Philipse Manor Hall in Yonkers.
Registration is required here.
Illustration: Detail of “New York slave market about 1730” a line photoengraving by Harry Fenn from A History of the American People by Woodrow Wilson, 1902-1903 (New York Public Library).
