“Below are suggested websites, articles, and books that you should read if you are interested in exploring the issues slavery in the North, Indigeneity, New Amsterdam/New Netherlands under the Dutch vs. British, paper genocide and resistance. This is meant as a starting point only. I also encourage people to dig deep into the archives (libraries, historical societies, newspapers, etc.), re-examine what has been written and what may have been left out of the historical record, and write those who have been left out back into the historical record. It is only when we see how history was experienced by all viewpoints that we can understand how this country came into being.”

Teresa Vega, Rye Historical Society Board of Trustees

Musing of Afro-Indigenous Descendant 250th Anniversary Committee