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Published on: 2013-07-02
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Mac Griswold's The Manor is the biography of a uniquely American place that has endured through wars great and small, through fortunes won and lost, through histories bright and sinister—and of the family that has lived there since its founding as a Colonial New England slave plantation three and a half centuries ago. In 1984, the landscape historian Mac Griswold was rowing along a Long Island creek when she came upon a stately yellow house and a garden guarded by looming boxwoods. She instantly knew that boxwoods that large—twelve feet tall, fifteen feet wide—had to be hundreds of years old. So, as it happened, was the house: Sylvester Manor had been held in the same family for eleven generations. Formerly encompassing all of Shelter Island, New York, a pearl of 8,000 acres caught between the North and South Forks of Long Island, the manor had dwindled to 243 acres. Still, its hidden vault proved to be full of revelations and treasures, including the 1666 charter for the land, and correspondence from Thomas Jefferson. Most notable was the short and steep flight of steps the family had called the "slave staircase," which would provide clues to the extensive but little-known story of Northern slavery. Alongside a team of archaeologists, Griswold began a dig that would uncover a landscape bursting with stories. Based on years of archival and field research, as well as voyages to Africa, the West Indies, and Europe, The Manor is at once an investigation into forgotten lives and a sweeping drama that captures our history in all its richness and suffering. It is a monumental achievement. Books - NYU Press NYU Press Publisher of academic books and electronic media publishing for general interest and in a wide variety of fields. History of Long Island - Wikipedia Long Island has had a long recorded history from the first European settlements in the 17th century to today. Much influenced by construction of railroads in the 19th ... Slave rebellion - Wikipedia A slave rebellion is an armed uprising by slaves. Slave rebellions have occurred in nearly all societies that practice or have practiced in the past slavery and ... Bostock - mydunlap.net Having discovered my American lineage back to Charles Bostock (b 1606) settled in New Kent VA in 1671. I began concentrating on my European lineage beginning with ... BDSM Library - BDSMshelf BDSMshelf. Collected by Kingofsting. kingofsting (697 stories listed) Step By Step: by Lisa Jones (Synopsis: Recently divorced Helen finds her preconceptions about ... Disposition of Slaves on the East End - Shelter Island The Disposition of Slaves on the East End of Long Island from 1680 to 1796 by Patricia and Edward Shillingburg 2003 News American Legacy Magazine On July 2 1839 Sengbe Pieh better known as Joseph Cinqu and some 50 or more fellow Africans killed the captain and three of the crew of the Spanish schooner La ... Bermuda's Historic houses and Properties Bermuda's Historic houses and Properties Gracious Bermudian architectural gems many centuries old. By Keith Archibald Forbes (see About Us) exclusively for Bermuda ... Pentecostalism in Ghana - pctii.org CYBERJOURNAL FOR PENTECOSTAL-CHARISMATIC RESEARCH Pentecostalism in Ghana: An African Reformation. by. Jones Darkwa Amanor Th.D. Academic Dean International ... Wormley Family History The Wormley family of Yorkshire ... John left a son named unimaginatively Adam who was probably born about 1220. The third Adams wife was called Joan or Johanna and she outlived him into the ...
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