BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260212T170000Z DTEND:20260212T180000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Black History Month at SLCCHC DESCRIPTION:In this Brown Bag Presentation\, Bryan Thompson will explore the whys and hows of enslavement in New York State and locally. Few people today realise that the institution of slavery was active in St. Lawrence County from the time of the first European settlement in the area in 1749.\n\nMost of our most prominent early citizens held enslaved people. One example is Rev. Christopher Rush\, who was enslaved in St. Lawrence County by David Ogden. He came to Ogdensburg for the first time with Ogden when the only building in the town was the old British Fort. He gained his freedom and went on to become a Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Zion church in NYC. When he died in the 1870's\, thousands attended his funeral.\n\nBryan Thompson will be available after the presentation to sign copies of his book\, "African Americans of St. Lawrence County: North Country Pioneers\," which will be available for sale in the Museum Gift Shop.\n\nCome discover this forgotten chapter in our local history.\n\nAbout Bryan Thompson:\n\nBryan Thompson is a lifelong resident of St. Lawrence County. He holds a BS from Cornell University and an MS from SUNY Geneseo. He has published more than 50 articles on local history in local\, regional\, and state publications. He was the 2009 Winner of the NYS Archives and NYS Regents Bruce W. Dearstyne Award for excellence in educational use of historical records. He is also a recipient of a NYS Archives Hackman research fellowship. An APHNYS-registered public historian\, he is currently the municipal historian for the Town of De Kalb.\n\n\n\nRegister here. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In this Brown Bag Presentation\, Bryan Thompson will explore the whys and hows of enslavement in New York State and locally. Few people today realise that the institution of slavery was active in St. Lawrence County from the time of the first European settlement in the area in 1749.
\nMost of our most prominent early citizens held enslaved people. One example is Rev. Christopher Rush\, who was enslaved in St. Lawrence County by David Ogden. He came to Ogdensburg for the first time with Ogden when the only building in the town was the old British Fort. He gained his freedom and went on to become a Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Zion church in NYC. When he died in the 1870&rsquo\;s\, thousands attended his funeral.
\nBryan Thompson will be available after the presentation to sign copies of his book\, "\;African Americans of St. Lawrence County: North Country Pioneers\,"\; which will be available for sale in the Museum Gift Shop.
\nCome discover this forgotten chapter in our local history.
\nAbout Bryan Thompson:
\nBryan Thompson is a lifelong resident of St. Lawrence County. He holds a BS from Cornell University and an MS from SUNY Geneseo. He has published more than 50 articles on local history in local\, regional\, and state publications. He was the 2009 Winner of the NYS Archives and NYS Regents Bruce W. Dearstyne Award for excellence in educational use of historical records. He is also a recipient of a NYS Archives Hackman research fellowship. An APHNYS-registered public historian\, he is currently the municipal historian for the Town of De Kalb.
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\nRegister here. LOCATION:3 E. Main St.\, Canton\, NY 13617 OR virtually on Zoom UID:e.2288.20706 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260420T092750Z URL:http://visitstl-gzcms.preview.gochambermaster.com/events/details/black-history-month-at-slcchc-20706 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR