Posts Tagged ‘slavery’
“Those Who Served: The Enslaved and Paid Servants of Clermont”
Over the course of more than 200 years, hundreds of people worked at Clermont to keep the Livingston family comfortable. For nearly a century, the mansion was run by a…
Read MoreAuthor Event at the FDR Library: “A Hudson Valley Reckoning”
Join author Debra Bruno in the Wallace Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum for a conversation about her book, “A Hudson Valley Reckoning: Discovering the Forgotten…
Read More“A Hudson Valley Reckoning” Author Event and Book Signing at Staatsburgh State Historic Site
When author Debra Bruno discovered that her Hudson Valley ancestors had been some of the fiercest advocates of slavery, she knew she had to learn more. Her new book, “A…
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