A grim reminder of “the peculiar institution”
Another reminder that yes, there was slavery in the Capital District. This handbill from 1809, part of the Albany Institute of History and Art collection, calls for the return of […]
Another reminder that yes, there was slavery in the Capital District. This handbill from 1809, part of the Albany Institute of History and Art collection, calls for the return of […]
As northerners, sometimes we’re a little bit smug about our home region having seen the light on slavery well before the rest of the country. But, still, it had to […]
Tonight is the anniversary of the Schenectady Massacre, which took place over the night of February 8 and 9, 1690 – 323 years ago. And so now, the roll of […]
On the night of February 8, into the morning of the 9th, 1690, 60 residents of the frontier village of Schenectady were massacred by a raiding party of French soldiers […]
So how did Schenectady, a stockaded community, come to be unguarded at a time when it was known the French and their allied tribes were looking for opportunities to retaliate? […]
The French and Indian Wars, which stretched out from 1689 to 1763, were a series of conflicts in the colonies of New Netherlands, New England, New York, and New France […]
Amidst a war between France and England, tensions between rival bands of Mohawks, and a rebellion within colonial government, the residents of the stockaded community of Schenectady found themselves on […]
Over on Flickr we’ve been having a little discussion about Glenville’s Dawson family and their connection to a lime kiln in the western part of the town, a decent distance […]
Atlantic sturgeon was once so plentiful in the Hudson River that it was well known as “Albany beef.” This 1881article from the New York Times reprints an item from the […]
The Pageant of Schenectady, presented in 1912 in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the town, was really quite something. In it, founder Arent Van Curler is […]