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Networks of Slavery: How Bondage Shaped Hudson River Valley Culture
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Networks of Slavery: How Bondage Shaped Hudson River Valley Culture
Oct 03, 2023
Thursday, September 28, at 7:00 p.m., in the Nelly Goletti Theatre of the Murray Student Center at Marist College and online via Zoom.
The twelfth annual Handel-Krom Lecture in Hudson River Valley History was delivered by Dr. Nicole Maskiell, author of Bound by Bondage: Slavery and the Creation of a Northern Gentry (2022). Her lecture focused on the ways that slavery shaped Hudson River Valley culture by examining the social and kinship networks that intertwined enslavers with those they enslaved in the region and throughout the Northeast.
Watch the recorded lecture on our YouTube channel at:
https://youtu.be/vEvjg8BMF_U?si=aeyF3wzoey-BXFUe
Dr. Nicole Maskiell is an Associate Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, and the author of Bound by Bondage: Slavery and the Creation of a Northern Gentry (2022). She has appeared on CSPAN, the podcast Ben Franklin’s World, and in a Historic Hudson Valley documentary film about the life and legacy of Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse, an early female trader and enslaver. She is series editor for the upcoming book series Black New England from the University of Massachusetts Press, which highlights research on the history of African-descended people in New England from the colonial period through the present day.
The annual Handel-Krom Lecture Series in Hudson River Valley History was established through the generosity of community leaders Shirley and Bernard Handel and Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert A. Krom, US Army, Retired to promote knowledge and appreciation for the rich history of this unique and important region of America.
The Hudson River Valley Institute is a Center of Excellence at Marist College that studies and promotes the history of the Hudson River Valley. The Institute provides information about the region’s culture, economy, environment, and educational resources through www.hudsonrivervalley.org, public programming, and The Hudson River Valley Review. This biannual peer-reviewed journal covers all aspects of regional history.
