Law passed October 21, 1706 stating that slaves may be baptized, but that baptizing them is not a reason to set them free. The law also states that children born to slaves are also slaves, and that no slave may testify for or against a freeman in...
A crowd has gathered to watch a baptism by immersion in the Hudson River at the foot of Main Street in Nyack. In the water (behind the two rowboats) are two men and a woman. The man with his hand raised will do the baptizing. The building in the...
