For a period of time, in compliance with a state law enacted in 1847, there was a “colored department” or “colored school” in School District 1. Here again is a relatively little-explored topic. It seems possible that such a school… Continue Reading →
Below are some excerpts from local news columns in the black-owned New York Freeman (later the New York Age) newspaper of New York City. The below items appeared in the context of news primarily about Troy as the headlines indicate,… Continue Reading →
Very little information was found about the following teachers but they, too, merit further study because they often risked their lives, health and financial well-being to minister to the educational needs of newly free African Americans: […] Alice Hall taught… Continue Reading →
A History of the A. M. E. Zion Church, Lansingburgh, N. Y., from 1841 to 1868 https://archive.org/details/historyofamezion00wrig by Rev. Jacob P. Wright (inexplicably only partially digitally scanned) will inform the reader somewhat about that church (not the same one as… Continue Reading →
COLORED TEMPERANCE CONVENTION ON THE FIFTH OF JULY. In pursuance of a resolution of the Society, the Committee of the Gerrit Smith Temperance Society of the city of Hudson, hereby give notice that a TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. will be held in… Continue Reading →
Titus M. Gunn is one of the African-American Civil War veterans with a headstone in the Lansingburgh Village Burying Ground. His name is on the African-American Civil War Memorial in Washington, DC: http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldier_id=f43ab6a3-dc7a-df11-bf36-b8ac6f5d926a One of Titus M. Gunn’s several siblings… Continue Reading →
Jacob P. Wright is something of a mystery. Through his self-publishing A History of the A. M. E. Zion Church, Lansingburgh, N. Y., from 1841 to 1868 https://archive.org/details/historyofamezion00wrig it’s possible to know something about him through his own words and… Continue Reading →
LANSINGBURGH.—Yesterday morning Frisby Way, a colored man aged ninety years, and one of the first settlers of the village, expired after a short illness. Mr. Way has been a hard working and industrious man. Notwithstanding his advanced age he worked… Continue Reading →
Samuel W. Gibson, admitted to the bar in Troy, Friday, is the first colored lawyer in Rensselaer county. “State News.” Watertown Daily Times. January 30, 1882: 2 col 3. Among the strangers who have been in our midst, […] Samuel… Continue Reading →
While lacking mention of achievement, the below short news item is somewhat interesting for the mention of some tunes popular in Lansingburgh in the 19th century. On censuses the man’s name has also been given as Robert C. Wicks, and… Continue Reading →
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