Preservation Long Island joins the Peconic Land Trust and others to support plans to establish a center for writing, conservation, and Zen at the influential author’s Sagaponack homestead.
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The Life and Works of Jupiter Hammon (1711-before 1806)
Preservation Long Island has been introducing visitors to Jupiter Hammon, America’s first published black poet, at Joseph Lloyd Manor since the house opened to the public in the 1980s. Hammon’s life and writings offer an exceptionally nuanced view of slavery and freedom on Long Island before and after the American Revolution.
SANS update:
Sag Harbor’s SANS Historic District is now officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places!
SANS update:
Sag Harbor’s historically African American resort community is in the news again!
St. Matthias Church UPDATE!
The site is ELIGIBLE for listing on National and State Registers of Historic Places
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