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Solomon Northup “Hope Out of Darkness” evening presentations at Victoria Pool House
Thursday, July 10, 2025 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Melissa Howell, Solomon Northup descendant and founder of The Solomon Northup Legacy, presents Monument as Memory: Family, Art, and the Living Legacy of Solomon Northup examining how public art can reclaim stories nearly lost to history. Through the powerful presence of Hope Out of Darkness, this presentation explores the role of monuments not just as commemorations, but as active engagements with the past. It considers how sculpture, narrative, and visual form can restore dignity, confront injustice, and ensure that voices once silenced remain visible, heard, and enduring in our public consciousness. NYS Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Interpreter of African American History Lavada Nahon presents The Impact of the Fugitive Slave Acts on New York's Black Communities. Signed in 1793, by George Washington, the first of two Fugitive Slave Acts entered US Federal Law. The 1850 Act raised the bar. While managing a range of challenges to their new free status, New York's Black communities additionally faced increased pressure of kidnapping and re-enslavement. In this presentation, Lavada Nahon, Interpreter of African American History for NYS OPRHP shares a look at what the Fugitive Slaves Acts did to New Yorkers as slavery grew outside of the state.
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