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Modern-day celebration of the Pinkster holiday by black people in Hudson Valley New York.
The Historic Hudson Valley website. May 9, 2018.
Colonial Governor Robert Hunter (1710-1720) account of the New York Slave Revolt of 1712.
Governor Robert Hunter. June 23, 1712.
Close up screenshot of The Bradford Plan: An early survey map of New York in 1730 under British control (A plan of the city of New York from an actual survey.)
Lyne, James. January 01, 1731/ January 01, 1732.
An explanations of the 1638 Dutch law forbidding WIC slaves from personal economic gain, as well as acts of immortality in New Amsterdam.
Williamson, Simon. Writer's Program, New York City: Negroes of New York Collection. April 15,1638.
A description of all black denizens of the New Netherland settlement celebrating the Pinkster holiday.
Curtwright, Wesley. Writer's Program, New York City: Negroes of New York Collection. January 1, 1620/ January 1, 1665.
1902 illustration of a possible depiction of the New York Slave Market about 1730.
Fenn, Harry. Slavery---United States Sub-Collection. Circa 1730.
1651 Depiction of Fort Amsterdam and the surrounding New Amsterdam colony along with European ships and the indigenous people of the region.
J. Hartgers, boeck-verkooper. Beschrijvinghe van Virginia, Nieuw Nederlandt, Nieuw Engelandt, en d'eylanden Bermudes, Berbados, en S. Christoffel Collection. January 1, 1651/ January 1, 1652
"Land Patents: New York Colonial Manuscripts." Documentation of land lot grants to Black denizens, including ex-company slaves.
Gehring, Charles T., The Holland Society of New York. January 1, 1630/ January 1, 1665
"Bill of Lading of 300 Merchantable Slaves To Be Delivered At The Manhattans, 21 July 1664." Doc. 86, pg. 198. The Curaço Papers, 1640-1665 Volume 17. Documentation of the West India Company's activities in the 17th century Caribbean islands.
Gehring, Charles T., The New Netherland Research Center and the New Netherland Institute. July 21, 1664.
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