The receding mystery of Dutchess County’s Chief Crow
[We] map what we see, marking some features, ignoring others. History is not the past, but a map of the past, drawn from a particular point of view to be useful to the modern traveler. Henry Glassie, Professor of Folklore, Indiana University
ENDURING VOICES
RURAL AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES I N H U D S O N R I V E R VA L L E Y
ENDURING VOICES
RURAL AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES I N H U D S O N R I V E R VA L L E Y
Gap in distance
15 MILES
Gap in time
1850
1742-1745
Gap in 1924 audit
1938
1938
1934
?
The colored people of Rhinebeck in the old times cut something of a figure‌ A portion of the cemetery is set apart for the colored people. ~ Howard Morse, Historic old Rhinebeck, 1908
US Federal Census: Milan 1820
1930
1,846%
1980 1,668%
People% % 65%Non3White% 18#enslaved# 47#free# % Majority% African3%American%
2%African3American% Families%
People% % 12%IdenCfy% as%“Spanish”% % 0%IdenCfy% as%“Black”%
1820%
1930%
1980%
622%People%%
1821
“B” 1865 Bradford death notice: “B”= Black
“B” 1865 Bradford death notice: “B”= Black
1871
2016
“B” 1865 Bradford death notice: “B”= Black
NYC 1991
RHINEBECK 2006