This lecture focused on the ways that slavery shaped Hudson River Valley culture by examining the social and kinship networks that intertwined enslavers with those they enslaved in the region and throughout the Northeast.
This annual lecture series was established through the generosity of community leaders Shirley and Bernard Handel and Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert A. Krom, US Army, Retired, to promote knowledge of, and appreciation for, the rich history of this unique and important region of America.
On Thursday, September 28, 2023, Dr. Nicole Saffold Maskiell delivered the 2023 Handel-Krom Lecture in Hudson River Valley History, “Networks of Slavery: How Bondage Shaped Hudson River Valley Culture,” in the Nelly Goletti Theatre at Marist College. The lecture was a program of the Hudson River Valley Institute. The Handel-Krom Lecture Series was established through the generosity of community leaders Shirley and Bernard Handel and Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert A. Krom, US Army, Retired, to promote knowledge of, and appreciation for, the rich history of this unique and important region of America.
