The Ballston Area History Roundtable is set to commemorate Black History Month with a program entitled “Race and Prejudice in Ante-Bellum Saratoga County” on Wednesday, February 13, at 7 pm, at Brookside Museum, 6 Charlton Street, Ballston Spa.
Black slavery and servanthood as well as prejudice against people of color was prevalent in Saratoga County in the years between the American Revolution and the Civil War. However, so was mutual acceptance, shared community and friendship. Jim Richmond will lead a group discussion on the treatment of African Americns during this period.
For more information on the BAHR, visit their website.
I would be interested to know if researchers in this field have run across references to the family of Ziba Arnold, who fought in the War of 1812.
It’s bad enough the Attorney General has to usurp my name. Now you! Of course kidding. Sounds like your doing some good work back there. Some day if I get back East I hope to stop by the Brookside to do some ancestry work.