Freedom Schooner Amistad on the Hudson River during its
visit to Poughkeepsie in 2006–our group’s inaugural event.

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Since 2006 the Mid-Hudson Antislavery History Project (MHAHP) has brought together researchers, educators, community leaders, and members of the public to:

• conduct and synthesize research on the history of antislavery in New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley, with special emphasis on the Underground Railroad;
• interpret and share this history with a wide array of residents and visitors in our area, with particular attention to students and youth; and
• place this local history in the broader contexts of racial slavery in the New World, the African-American experience, and antislavery legacies today, including the impact of this historic grassroots movement on subsequent struggles for racial and social justice.

Ushers at recent history re-enactments (Jacqueline Harper, Verna Carr, Lorraine Roberts, Mary Bagley)

Re-enactment of Rev. Moses Tyler sermon on the
eve of Lincoln’s Inauguration (David Greenwood)