People Not Property Press Materials

Historic Hudson Valley announces the launch of a new, groundbreaking interactive documentary website revealing the history of slavery in the colonial North. People Not Property: Stories of Slavery in the Colonial North is a mix of original videos, interviews, reenactments and infographics, as well as photos, illustrations, and hundreds of artifacts and documents that tell the wrenching stories of America’s history of slavery in the northern colonies, from the Middle Passage to life in the American colonies.

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Press Photos

Title card.

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Interactive Philipsburg Manor inventory.

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The story of John and Joan Jackson.

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“Defining Slavery” chapter introduction.

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