Author Event: In Defiance: Runaways from Slavery in New York’s Hudson River Valley

In this local history talk Susan Stessin-Cohn, former professor of social studies education at SUNY New Paltz and Director of Education at Historic Huguenot Street, and current New Paltz Historian, will speak on her 20+ years of research into the history of slavery in the Hudson River Valley, focusing on the plight of the “runaways.” Stessin-Cohn and her research partner, Ashley Hurlburt-Biagini, have brought to light 830 notices of enslavers who placed notices of rewards for the recapture of their enslaved. This event will include a Q & A and book signing.