African American Burial Grounds: Red Hook

The map below  (drawn 2012 based on 1849 map courtesy of Historic Red Hook) shows a 1/3rd acre plot with a road to the south and a mill pond to the north. The adjacent landowners are Schultz and Elisha Fingar. I believe due to a change in the road, and an expansion of the mill […]
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Black Burial Grounds: Cedar Hill

One of the few African American burial grounds mentioned in Poucher & Reynolds Old Gravestones of Dutchess County in 1924.
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Black Burial Grounds: East Fishkill

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Black Burial Grounds: Poughkeepsie

Given the negligence in keeping records of the burial of persons of color historically, we often rely on other than an ideal primary source such as a cemetery burial record. In this situation we rely on an 1870 Poughkeepsie newspaper account that quotes an older resident as saying, upon discovery of multiple coffins and human […]
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Black Burial Grounds: Beacon

The Walter M. Patrice online library is a living, growing resource. Please encourage further work in studies of the local men, women and children of African descent.
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Sophia Pooley: In Her Own Words

Benjamin Drew published the book, The Refugee: or the Narratives of the Fugitive Slaves in Canada in 1856, capturing narratives of freedomseekers in first person testimony. Among the narratives is that of Sophia Pooley, who was born and raised ten miles south of Poughkeepsie in Fishkill. At the age of seven she was sold into […]
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Caroline Clowes & the City of Schools: How Poughkeepsie Nurtured an Artist

With Bill Jeffway & Melodye Moore This program is part of the exhibition, Fertile Ground: the Hudson Valley Animal Paintings of Caroline Clowes. Below: Click on Watch on YouTube to open a new window & to view full screen. Click on the red play button in the middle to view within existing window. The generous […]
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Painting in a Challenging Landscape: Women Artists in the 19th Century

With Rob Doyle This program is part of the exhibition, Fertile Ground: the Hudson Valley Animal Paintings of Caroline Clowes. Below: Click on Watch on YouTube to open a new window & to view full screen. Click on the red play button in the middle to view within the existing window. The generous support of […]
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Women Artists in the 19th Century

Painting in a Challenging Landscape: Women Artists in the 19th Century A presentation by DCHS President Rob Doyle on December 5, 2022. This page is under construction. The video is incomplete and the listing of artists has barely begun. We appreciate your patience! This program is sponsored by Hudson Views,a longtime and generous supporter of […]
Posted in: Women's History
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LEARN: Choose a Topic

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