Plain Sight Project

The Plain Sight Project documents the lives of enslaved and free people of color in the North to deepen understanding of our nation's founding.

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Coming up: our co-directors, David Rattray and Donnamarie Barnes, Rev. Dr. Walter Thompson of Calvary Baptist Church, and Rabbi Josh Franklin in a discussion of slavery in the North. June 16 at 6 p.m.
https://t.co/Hrtln4b5ri

[Bill Collage @billcollage]

Thank you @SenSchumer for sponsoring a grant to @plainsightny’s crucial work in identifying enslaved and free people of color in #NY and restoring them to history. @SH_Cinema is a proud supporter and hopes to amplify their work. #AmericanHistory

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A woman believed to be of African heritage, Boose is the earliest known enslaved person in East Hampton. She was a witness in a 1657 witchcraft inquest.

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@jlynn122 @janemarielynch Who was he!

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Reflecting on Long Island’s Slave-Owning Past – NBC New York https://t.co/e5PEu3QPEq

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The earliest reference to an enslaved person we know of in East Hampton comes from ca. 1654, when “a Black boy” disappeared on Gardiner’s Island.

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In Plain Sight, a Long-Buried History of East Hampton's Enslaved. Hook Mill's timbers are a present-day connection to early Black America.
https://t.co/XLT1rl01vv