Three Centuries at a Slave Plantation on Long Island
Mac Griswold talks about Long Island’s Sylvester Manor and the family that has lived there since its founding as a slave plantation centuries ago. Alongside a team of archaeologists, Griswold began a dig that would uncover a landscape bursting with stories. The Manor: Three Centuries at a Slave Plantation describes how the house proved to be a hidden vault full of revelations and treasures, including the 1666 charter for the land, and correspondence from Thomas Jefferson.
MAC GRISWOLD WILL BE SPEAKING AND GIVING TOURS AT SYLVESTER MANOR ON SHELTER ISLAND
Saturday, August 17, 2013 2:00 PM
Sylvester Manor Educational Farm is a 243-acre historic plantation and nonprofit educational farm on Shelter Island, NY, engaging all ages in farm-based programs.
Sylvester Manor history will be in the spotlight in 2013. Over 10,000 Sylvester family records archived at the New York University will be on exhibition at the Bobst Library from April 10 to mid July. A book by archaeologist Kat Hayes will be published this year, revealing the manor’s early role in the global economy as Europeans, enslaved Africans and Manhanset Indians came together at this northern plantation. Programs in New York City and Shelter Island will celebrate these historical achievements. Also, Sylvester Manor is featured in the spring edition of Preservation, the magazine of the National Trust for Historic Places.
Please explore this website and see how you can play a role in this new era at Sylvester Manor.
BOOK EXCERPTS
Mac Griswold’s The Manor
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