NEWSLETTER
Virtual lecture presented by Dr. Nicole Maskiell, Sunday, May 28 at 3 p.m
Kinderhook, N.Y. (MAY 11, 2023) -- On Sunday, May 28, the African American Archive of Columbia County, in association with the Columbia County Historical Society, will host a free lecture: "The Story of Black Folk: Tracing the Complex and Vast Connections of the Hudson Valley's Early Black Communities," presented by Dr. Nicole Maskiell.
Dr. Maskiell is a historian specializing in the colonial history of the Northeast. She is Associate Professor of History, Peter and Bonnie McCausland Faculty Fellow, and former Director of Public History at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. Her book, Bound by Bondage: Slavery and the Creation of a Northern Gentry (published by Cornell University Press), compares the ways that slavery shaped Northeastern culture by examining the social and kinship networks that intertwined enslavers with those they enslaved.
This talk is the final lecture in the ongoing series, In Perspective... which strives to put into historical and sociological context the lived experiences of enslaved and freed people in the Hudson Valley.
The lecture will be presented virtually starting at 3 p.m. Registration is required to attend. Tickets are free, but donations are appreciated. To register, visit www.cchsny.org/in-perspective
For more information, please email: communications@cchsny.org
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Photo: Dr. Nicole Maskiell
ABOUT AAACC
The African American Archive of Columbia County, New York, exists to document, preserve, and share the deep history of Black people in the upper Hudson Valley.
ABOUT CCHS
Columbia County Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) cultural education organization founded in 1916 and chartered by the NYS Department of Education Board of Regents to collect, preserve, interpret and present the history, heritage and culture of Columbia County, New York, for its residents and visitors. CCHS serves residents of all eighteen towns and the City of Hudson. In addition to a research library and a permanent collection of more than 15,000 objects, CCHS owns and maintains the CCHS Museum & Library and three additional historic properties: the National Historic Landmark Luykas Van Alen House (1737); James Vanderpoel ‘House of History’ (c. 1820); and Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse (c. 1850).