Join us for a FREE virtual talk with scholar Laini Farrare exploring Black craftsmanship, labor, wealth, and status in early America through the study of a pair of mahogany chairs made for Sag Harbor resident and enslaver, Captain William Johnson Rysam (1737–1809). Registration required.
Tag: 18th Century
Luxury in Sag Harbor: Mahogany Furniture and Black Labor in the Late Atlantic World
Virtual Exhibition:
Facing Slavery: Reframing the Lloyd Family Portraits
Explore the interwoven stories of the Lloyd family, the family of Jupiter Hammon, and chattel slavery in what would become the United States.
Add a Little Long Island History to Your Virtual Home!
Are you, like us, among the 11 million people worldwide virtually escaping to the world of Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Nintendo Switch? Now you can add a little bit of Long Island history to your virtual home! We’ve specially recreated the 18th-century painted wall decorations from Preservation Long Island’s own Sherwood-Jayne House.