Inspired by a collection of letters found by the artist while working at the American Antiquarian Society. The letters document the dealings of the slave trading firm, R.H. Dickinsin & Bros.
Rachel’s father opens his letter to her, the first after a long Christmas holiday, apologizing for having forgotten to put a warm buffalo robe in the mail sleigh that she took back to Poughkeepsie from New Paltz. He worries that she left a bottle...