Lightner Library-Keuka College

Format:

Book

Author:

Title:

A Hudson Valley reckoning : discovering the forgotten history of slaveholding in my Dutch American family / Debra Bruno, with an afterword by Eleanor C. Mire.

Publisher, Date:

Ithaca [New York] : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024.

Description:

287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary:

"A Hudson Valley Reckoning tells the story of northern slavery from the perspectives of two intertwined families. Debra Bruno's Dutch ancestors were enslavers, while Eleanor C. Mire's ancestors descended from those enslaved by Bruno's family. Despite their dark history, the two found a way to honor those whose stories had been lost"-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects:

Enslaved persons -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History.

Slaveholders -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History.

Dutch Americans -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History.

African Americans -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History.

HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)

Coxsackie (N.Y.) -- History.

Other Author:

Mire, Eleanor C., writer of afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Fifty beaver skins -- The lost history -- 'They are calling to us' -- A vile slander -- We may be Van Bergens after all -- Resistance and running -- Casper and Nancy in the twilight -- The last enslavers -- Roots of poison and bitterness -- Confederates in the family -- Vanderzee by Vanderzee, filling in the puzzle -- What remains -- Repair -- Afterword: Full circle by Eleanor C. Mire.

LCCN:

2024003294

ISBN:

9781501776564

1501776568

* 9781501777226

* 9781501777233

Other Number:

1419057044

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

536912

Call Number:

F118 .B78 2024

Course Reserves:

0

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