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Redrawing of the 1660 Castello Plan of New Amsterdam.
1916 redraft of the original drawing in the Biblioteca-Medicea Laurenziana of Florence, Italy. The drawing was prepared under the supervision of I.N. Phelps Stokes. -
Slave Market Commemorative Marker on Wall Street, Manhattan, 2015.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray unveiled this plaque marking the site of the 18th century slave market in Lower Manhattan -
A description of all black denizens of the New Netherland settlement celebrating the Pinkster holiday.
An essay description of black people, enslaved or otherwise, participating in the Dutch holiday of celebratory dance and leisure. -
The Dutch Church of early 17th century New Amsterdam and its stance on Black New Yorkers being Christians.
A collection of excerpts pertaining to slavery in the Dutch Period and the Church's stance towards converting black people, freed or enslaved, into Christians. As well as the moral clashing of the Church with the presence of slavery. -
Questions of a Dutch-period slave market, and the establishment of the Slave Block in British-period New York.
Documented inquiries on the existence of a public slave market during 17th century Dutch period, along with the documented establishment of a Slave Market in 18th century British New York. -
1902 illustration of a possible depiction of the New York Slave Market about 1730.
Line photoengraving of a possible depiction of the New York Slave Market and how it may have looked in 1730. -
"Land Patents: New York Colonial Manuscripts." Documentation of land lot grants to Black denizens, including ex-company slaves.
Land lots granted by the Director Genera of New Amsterdaml to various people, including Africans as well as those previously enslaved in the 1660s. -
"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.
Documentation of the West India Company's activities in the Caribbean during the seventeenth century as well as the importing of enslaved people to New York. -
The New York Gazette's advertisements of runaway enslaved people and slave market schedules.
Collection of advertisements from the New York Gazette about runaway enslaved people and some that are scheduled to be sold. -
Colonial Governor Robert Hunter (1710-1720) account of the New York Slave Revolt of 1712.
Governor's letter on page 342 describing the New York Slave Revolt of 1712. -
1651 Depiction of Fort Amsterdam and the surrounding New Amsterdam colony along with European ships and the indigenous people of the region.
A 1651 Illustration of possible depiction of Fort Amsterdam at the southern tip of Manhattan along with the surrounding colony, European ships, and indigenous peoples in the foreground. -
"Colony of New York, 1712"
Historical fiction account of the New York Slave Revolt of 1712. -
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.)
Early survey map of British New York in 1730 with translated or transformed street names from the Dutch period, like Pearl Street (Dutch translation: Paerl Straet) becoming Queen Street. Or, an English translation of original Dutch names like Hoogh Straet translated into High Street, then called Duke Street after the Duke of York, only to be name Stone Street in 1794 for being the first street in the city paved with cobblestone. -
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.)
Early map of British New York with translated or transformed street names from the Dutch period. -
New York, the English colonial city, 1730.
An illustrated map depicting the growing English colony of New York in 1730. -
Amsterdam in New Netherland, 1653-1664.
An illustrated map depicting the growth of the New Amsterdam colony in the larger New Netherland settlement. -
"The colony of New York in 1712."
Illustrated map of of New York in 1712 showcasing the Slave Market. -
Painting of Dutch colonials' involvement in the African slave trade.
The first slave auction in New Amsterdam 1655. Engraving after illustration by Howard Pyle in 1895. -
New Amsterdam highlighted within present-day Lower Manhattan.
Screenshot from the YouTube video "What's left of New Amsterdam in Lower Manhattan - 2/4" at 1:01. Uploaded by New Netherland Now. -
Modern-day celebration of the Pinkster holiday by black people in Hudson Valley New York.
Photograph of a modern day celebration of the Dutch holiday, Pinkster, by black people in New York's Hudson Valley region. An example of traditional cultural assimilation as evidence of colonialism, as well as a holiday of leisure that was allowed to be celebrated by the black denizens of 17th century New Amsterdam.