Lavada Nahon
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site and the Friends of Philipse Manor Hall are pleased to host a Lavada Nahon, Interpreter of African American History for New York State Parks, for a virtual talk “Opening the Way: New Research and Other Items in New York’s Black Colonial History,” on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. on WebEx.
In “Opening the Way,” Nahon reveals the significant advancements made in the last few years in both research into the early years of slavery in New York and the sharing of information between organizations and across disciplines. In addition to document- and object-based research, a growing wave of information long held within archaeological collections and research is now finding its way into the larger narrative, bringing the presence of African cultural traditions to the fore as never before.
This exciting combination of new information and reevaluating existing research takes the history of slavery in New York forward as we move toward 2027 and the commemoration of both the arrival of the first men enslaved in New Netherland/New York (1627) and the legal end of slavery in New York (1827).
Lavada Nahon is the Interpreter of African American History for NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Bureau of Historic Sites. She is also a cultural and culinary historian focused on New Netherland/New York, with emphasis on the 17th through 19th centuries, and enslaved and free Black history with 30 years public history experience.
Tickets for this virtual program are free and open to the public, but registration is required. Register at https://www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events/lecture-opening-the-way
“Opening the Way: New Research and Other Items in New York’s Black Colonial History” coincides with Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site’s Pinkster Festival, which will be held on
Saturday, May 11, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information on this historic Afro-Dutch celebration, visit https://www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events/pinkster-festival-2024
