An Interactive Graphic History
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Historic Hudson Valley is grateful to the foundations, corporations, government agencies, and individual donors whose enduring support makes our educational programs possible. We also wish to recognize the individuals and institutions who participated in the making of this website for their commitment to this important story.
Image credits are generally noted at their point of use. Others are listed in the Image Credits section below.
This interactive graphic novel has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy Demands Wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this Web resource, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Historic Hudson Valley's programs are made possible by ArtsWestchester with support from Westchester County government.
ArtsWestchester
Historic Hudson Valley's programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
New York State Council on the ArtsHistoric Hudson Valley
Elizabeth Bradley
Vice President, Programs and Engagement
Julia Butterfield
K-12 Program Coordinator
Catalina Hannan
Research Librarian
Caitlin Monaco
Curatorial Coordinator
Nicole Wallace
Director of Education
Rob Yasinac
Program Manager for Sunnyside and Philipsburg Manor
Advisors
Dr. Hilary Chute
Professor of English and Art + Design, Northeastern University
Courtney Grey
Social Studies Teacher Arlington High School, NY
Dr. Leslie M. Harris
Professor of History Northwestern University
Dr. Hassan Jeffries
Associate Professor of History, Ohio State University
Dr. Jill Lepore
David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of History, Harvard University
Kate Livingston
Principal, Expose Your Museum, LLC
Dr. Michael Preston
Executive Director, Joan Ganz Cooney Center
Dr. Daina Ramey Berry
Michael Douglas Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts, University of California, Santa Barbara
Dr. Kate Shuster
Director, The Hard History Project
Dr. Jacqueline Simmons
Senior Lecturer, Teachers College Columbia University
Kadiatou Tubman
Director of the Junior Scholars Program and Manager of Education Programs & Outreach, The Schomburg Center
Kamau Ware
Founder and Lead Creative, Black Gotham Experience
Dr. Heather A. Williams
Presidential Professor of Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Blue Telescope Laboratories
Ron Cunningham
Senior Creative Technologist
Leslie Dann
Senior Media Experience Producer
Anthony DeRita
Creative Producer
William "GoodWill" Ellis
Creative Director
Velicia Gourdin
Lead Illustrator
Carly Hayter
Creative Software Developer
Deirdre Lynn Hollman
Graphic Novel Writer & Educational Content Consultant
Trent Oliver
Principal & Managing Director
Reese Patillo
Creative & Motion Designer
Kristen Williams
Background Illustrator; Storyboard Artist; User Experience Designer
Judith Zissman
Executive Creative Director
Contributors
Michael Lord
Site Director, Philipse Manor Hall
Jessa Krick
Director of Interpretation, Collection and Archives, Rosen House, Caramoor
Margaret Hughes
250th Anniversary Coordinator, Delaware Public Archives
Kelly Walters
Prototype Phase Creative Director
Dustin Bolton
Prototype Phase Illustrator
Maya Kopytman
Discovery Phase Creative Director
Bartek Lewandowski
Discovery Phase User Experience Designer
Kevin Woest
Discovery Phase Storyboard Artist
Image Credits
Home Introduction Module
Recorder of the City of New-York [Daniel Horsmanden]. A Journal of the Proceedings in the Detection of the Conspiracy Formed by Some White People, in Conjunction with Negro and Other Slaves, for Burning the City of New-York in America, and Murdering the Inhabitants. New York, James Parker, 1744. The George Peabody Library, Johns Hopkins University.
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "A view of Fort George with the City of New York, from the SW." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1723-1731. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-7c18-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Anonymous. First slave auction in New Amsterdam. Engraving after illustration by Howard Pyle. 1895, Wikimedia Commons.
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Representation du Feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1776. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-b9b0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Places Module
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A plan of the city and environs of New York : as they were in the years 1742-1743 and 1744" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1813 - 1854. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-7375-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
[Map of Long Island, the New York Metropolitan Area, and the southern coast of Connecticut]; [18??], Map Collection, L.I.-[18--?]b.Fl; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Timeline Module
The Photo Works. Lenape Indian wigwam shelter (reconstruction) made with tulip tree bark. Inwood Hill Park, New York City. Photograph, 2019, #2A3NWKW. Alamy Ltd..
Anonymous. First slave auction in New Amsterdam. Engraving after illustration by Howard Pyle. 1895, Wikimedia Commons. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "New York a city in N. America inhabited by English and Dutch subject to the K. of England." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1700 - 1799. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e8-af1a-d471-e040-e00a180654d7
Anonymous. Shackles. United States of America, before 1860, #2011.51.3. Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection), Washington, DC.
Maerschalck, Francis W., -1776, and G Duyckinck. A plan of the city of New York from an actual survey, anno Domini, MDCC,LV. [New York? Printed, ingraved for, and sold by G. Duyckinck ?, 1755] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/73691802/.
Crisp, Edw, et al. A compleat description of the province of Carolina in 3 parts: 1st, the improved part from the surveys of Maurice Mathews & Mr. John Love: 2ly, the west part by Capt. Tho. Nairn: 3ly, a chart of the coast from Virginia to Cape Florida. [London: Edw. Crisp, ?, 1711] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/2004626926/.
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Representation du Feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1776. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-b9b0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Unknown. Adolphus Philipse. ca. 1695, #MNY7417. Museum of the City of New York, New York. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The stamp riots in New York" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1886. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f4ba-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Kelly, Thomas. Washington Crossing the Delaware (based on original by Emanuel Leutze). New York, ca. 1870, #DL.60.2574. Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, DC. New York State Archives, New York (State). Dept. of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records. Enrolled acts of the State Legislature. Series 13036-78, Laws of 1799, Chapter 62.
Federal Writers' Project. Underground Railroad Map of the United States, Ca. 1838 to 1860. [?, 1941] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/75696204/. Paul, Nathaniel, 1775?-1839. An Address, Delivered on the Celebration of the Abolition of Slavery. Albany, Printed by J. B. Van Steenbergh, 1827. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/18019953/.