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Black Civil War veterans and voting
Editorial cartoon, by Thomas Nast, commenting on denial of voting rights for Black Civil War veterans with the caption, 'Franchise, And Not This Man?', c. 1865.
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Strange Colony in Ulster
A newspaper article about the Binnewaters people who were seen as outcasts.
Calvin Snyder is Dead
Calvin Synder obituary
Michael Gaige
Michael Gaige, forensic forester, visited our sites in November, 2022. See exhibits "The Land."
Hurley Mountain Arial view
Note the flatland-- incredibly rich soil-- with the adjoining mountain and the mountains in the distance.
Depression Era Billboard
Although none of the people living above Hurley Mountain Road were invested in the Stock Market, the 1930 census should be studied with a depressed economy in mind.
Sterilization Operation
A law was passed allowing involuntary sterilization in NY State in 1912. The law was repealed in 1920.
Slave Ship
Diagram of the interior of a slave ship. Although the importation of enslaved persons was outlawed in 1808, slavery remained legal in New York for many years after..
Certificate of Freedom
Certificate of freedom of Timothy Smith, April 26, 1811. MS 1988, New York City Indentures Collection. Even "freed" enslaved persons were often required to work as indentured servants until age 25 for women and 28 for men.
Black & White
This article discusses the use of capital and lower case letters when writing about the color of people.
Photo of work by Widline Cadet
An image students may wish to react to. An example is provided in Teacher Resources.
Photo of work by Nadiya Nacorda
The exhibit entitled "And Let It Remain So: Women of the African Diaspora", sought to display the complexities of identity. Good image for students to discuss.
Unidentified USCT Soldier's Portrait
An unidentified photograph of a United States Colored Troop soldier. We have records of both Black and white soldiers from Ulster County participating in the Civil War.
African Americans in the Revolution
This image is from the Battle of Bunker Hill where African Americans fought with white soldiers. In the Hudson Valley some African-American Revolutionary War soldiers were granted land or money for their participation and sometimes they escaped in…
1790 Census Carving
The US census is an important resource for doing historical research. The first census documents are from 1790. https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/overview/1790.html
D & H Canal
Delaware and Hudson Canal
Slave Emancipation
Slave Emancipation in New York State Article:
General Slave Emancipation in, New-York. The manumission of all the slaves in New York, born previous to uly 4, 1799, will take place on the 4th of July inst. The slave population in that State, in…
General Slave Emancipation in, New-York. The manumission of all the slaves in New York, born previous to uly 4, 1799, will take place on the 4th of July inst. The slave population in that State, in…
From the 1930 Hurley census entry for Louis Huthsteiner
"Brother Louie" Huthsteiner was an important figure on both Eagle's Nest and Lapala. Read about him in the entry entitled "They Came to Save Us."
Ursula and Louis Huthsteiner and sons
Read about the Huthsteiners in the Exhibit entitled "They Came to Save Us."
The Huthsteiner's Cabin
Ursula and Louis Huthsteiner's ministry is described in the Exhibit "They Came to Save Us."
Contraband
In this painting, a White man wearing an unusual costume (it’s the Zouave uniform that some Union troops adopted in emulation of Algerian Berber warriors) offers his water canteen to a young Black boy. See Exhibit "From the Outside In."
Kingston Daily Freeman, June 11, 1914
Kingston Daily Freeman, June 11, 1914 funeral notification of Mrs. Elizabeth DeWitt
A.U.F.C.M.P. Church of the Hurley Station Deed
A.U.F.C.M.P. Church of the Hurley Station Deed
Stone Quarry
photograph of a stone quarry
That Strange Elopement
In November of 1880, newspapers from Kingston NY to Seattle Washington and beyond ran a sensationalized story about a young White heiress who eloped with a Black farmhand who was working on her uncle’s farm in Gardiner, NY, under the memorable title…
