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Slavery and the Middle Class in Colonial New York
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Travis Bowman, Head of Museum Collections for NYS Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation's Bureau of Historic Sites, presents Slavery and the Middle Class in Colonial New York at the Victoria Pool House. Usually considered a Southern issue, slavery played a surprisingly large role in colonial and revolutionary era New York. Bowman will examine how slavery evolved in New York over 200 years, under the Dutch, British, and American systems of government, and how the institution was utilized at a local and personal level among middle class farmers in the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys.
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