Drawing of two African American men. One is cleaning fish and the two are discussing the type of fish being cleaned. The caption on the image reads: "Niggah! what fish be doze?" Dese? de dese am sheepshead." "You lie! You black rascal! Dem am not...
Drawing of an African American man talking to a boy about a dog. The caption on the image reads: "Dat am a dangesome dog, Pompey." "Spectiate you ah [sagacity] Julius." "Well now spose fo instance a nudda dog tempt to-to intaview him; dat tail...
Photograph of John Wynkoop standing with a white horse next to a house. This picture may have been taken at the same location as the Dinah Freer photo.
Portrait photographs of Reuben and Sarah Johnson. According to the 1880 Marbletown census Sarah was born in New York in 1813. Her husband, Reuben, was born in 1807.
Newspaper article about James Thomas' trip to Maryland, where he had escaped from slavery 35 years earlier. James initially ran away to Canada, later settling in Ohioville, NY. He did not tell his neighbors that he was a slave until the...
Studio portrait of a Richard Oliver, Civil War soldier. He is wearing a northern Civil War uniform. Richard enlisted in the 20th USCI in Kingston on December 26, 1863. He died of malaria aboard the steamship Northern Light on his way home, October...
The first page of the Civil War record of John Wynkoop of Marbletown, New York. John died on May 6th, 1864 at the age of 21 of diarrhea at the General Hospital of New Orleans. He enlisted in the 20th Infantry on February 9, 1864.
Notice offering a thirty-five dollar reward for the return of an 22 year old slave named Philip. Philip was to be returned to Thomas Cornell or Elnathan H. Sears.
Dorothy Freer in her backyard holding her doll. There is laundry hanging in the distance. This picture was most probably taken on or near 3 Broadhead Ave. in New Paltz, the residence of her grandmother, Marguerite Freer.
