Early segregation in Rhinebeck is reflected on Oak Street, a one thousand foot side street near the village center where small lots were initially sold (1830s to 1850) to Blacks. Similarly, in death, Section E of the Rhinebeck cemetery was created in 1853 for “persons of color.”
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