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Painting of Dutch colonials' involvement in the African slave trade.
Pyle, Howard. January 1, 1655/January 1, 1666
Redrawing of the 1660 Castello Plan of New Amsterdam.
Adams, John Wolcott. January 1, 1660/January 1, 1661
Colonial Governor Robert Hunter (1710-1720) account of the New York Slave Revolt of 1712.
Governor Robert Hunter. June 23, 1712.
The arrival and treatment of the Dutch's West India Company's enslaved Africans.
Williamson, Simon. Writer's Program, New York City: Negroes of New York Collection. January 1, 1938/ January 1, 1939
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.
Modern-day celebration of the Pinkster holiday by black people in Hudson Valley New York.
The Historic Hudson Valley website. May 9, 2018.
"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.
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
Slave Market Commemorative Marker on Wall Street, Manhattan, 2015.
CBS New York Local News June 27, 2015
The Dutch Church of early 17th century New Amsterdam and its stance on Black New Yorkers being Christians.
Curtwright, Wesley. Writer's Program, New York City: Negroes of New York Collection. January 1, 1609/ January 1, 1665.
"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
1902 illustration of a possible depiction of the New York Slave Market about 1730.
Fenn, Harry. Slavery---United States Sub-Collection. Circa 1730.
West India Company's laws extending protections towards the company's enslaved laborers.
Writer's Program, New York City: Negroes of New York Collection. January 1, 1626/ January 1, 1664
Slave Trade and the Broadway Market (Wall Street)
Young, Wilbur. Writer's Program, New York City: Negroes of New York Collection. January 1, 1700/ January 1, 1750
The New York Gazette's advertisements of runaway enslaved people and slave market schedules.
Gould, A.J. Writer's Program, New York City: Negroes of New York Collection. January 1, 1760/ January 1, 1770
Questions of a Dutch-period slave market, and the establishment of the Slave Block in British-period New York.
Curtwright, Wesley. Writer's Program, New York City: Negroes of New York Collection. January 1, 1650/ January 1, 1750
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