New York History Forum: Reminder - Tonight October 23 - Sherrill Wilson Lecture

Posted by: Debra Wexler (publicprograms@ThisIsToPreventSpam-89-RemoveThis.southstseaport.org) on 23 Oct 2003 at 5:20:56 AM
In-Reply-To: Upcoming NY History events at South Street Seaport Museum posted by Debra Wexler on 12:10:21 PM 22 Sep 2003

: Please join us at our upcoming programs and check our website www.southstseaport.org for information about all our programs and exhibitions:
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: Wednesday, October 15, 2003
: 7-9pm
: Schermerhorn Row at South Street Seaport Museum
: 12 Fulton Street (Manhattan)
: New York Story Exchange presents Scottie Davis in “TRUTH”
: “TRUTH” is a compelling performance piece, which takes place on Independence Day, 1826. Isabella Baumfree, better known as Sojourner Truth, has noble reasons for running away from her owner's New Paltz farm only one year before she was to be legally freed from slavery in New York State. Davis’s performance draws on African-American traditions, blending the arts of mime, dance, music, and spoken word to share Isabella’s story. Wine and refreshments. Admission is free ($3.00 suggested donation). For more information contact publicprograms@southstseaport.org or 212.748.8735.
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: Thursday, October 23, 2003
: 7-9pm
: Schermerhorn Row at South Street Seaport Museum
: 12 Fulton Street (Manhattan)
: Lecture: Dr Sherrill D. Wilson
: Dr. Sherrill D. Wilson will present a slide lecture on the NY African presence, as enslaved and free people during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Her lecture will also include a brief update on the NY African Burial Ground project. Wine and refreshments. Admission is free ($3.00 suggested donation). For more information contact publicprograms@southstseaport.org or 212.748.8735.
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: Saturday, October 25, 2003
: 2-4 p.m.
: Meet at Museum Lobby Entrance, Schermerhorn Row
: Fulton Street (btw. South and Pearl Sts. in Manhattan)
: Walking Tour: African American Life in Lower Manhattan
: Explore the history of African American Life in Lower Manhattan. This tour will connect the African Burial Ground, a burying place for African New Yorkers (1712 to 1794), to other historic sites in the district including the Leonard Street publication office of the city’s first black newspaper Freedom’s Journal, stations on the Underground Railroad, the former location of New York’s slave market, the Old John Street Methodist Church/Wesley Chapel Museum, and the site where abolitionist William Peter Powell established the Colored Sailor’s Home. Admission is free ($3.00 suggested donation). For more information contact publicprograms@southstseaport.org or 212.748.8735.
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: Tuesday, October 28, 2003
: 6:30- 8:30 p.m.
: Schermerhorn Row at South Street Seaport Museum
: 12 Fulton Street (Manhattan)
: Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport
: 213 Water Street (between Beekman and Fulton)
: Lecture: Encounters – Africans in New Amsterdam and Early New York
: Historians Dr. John Thornton and Dr. Linda Heywood (Boston University) have written widely on the subjects of African history, the economic and social foundations of transatlantic slavery, and the role of Africans in transforming identity throughout the Atlantic World. Join us as they explore the experiences of the first Africans to arrive in the English and Dutch colonies in the Americas, with a particular focus on the history of intercultural exchange and identity formation in New Amsterdam and early New York. Wine and refreshments. Admission is free ($3.00 suggested donation). For more information contact publicprograms@southstseaport.org or 212.748.8735.
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: Wednesday, October 29, 2003
: 7 – 9 p.m.
: Arts & Letters: Franz Lidz presents Ghosty Men
: Homer and Langley Collyer moved into their handsome brownstone in white, upper-class Harlem in 1909. By 1947, however, when the fire department had to carry Homer's body out of the house he hadn't left in twenty years, the neighborhood had degentrified, and their house was a fortress of junk: in an attempt to preserve the past, Homer and Langley held on to everything they touched. The scandal of Homer's discovery, the story of his life, and the search for Langley, who was missing at the time, rocked the city; the story was on the front page of every newspaper for weeks. Join us as Franz Lidz shares the story of these eccentric New York characters. Book signing. Wine and refreshments. Admission is free ($3.00 suggested donation). For more information contact publicprograms@southstseaport.org or 212.748.8735.

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