Reed Memorial Library Program: History of Slavery and Anti-Slavery in the Mid-Hudson Area

**A Program of the Reed Memorial Library in Carmel, New York**

In-person library program. Registration required. 20-person maximum. Register here: Reed Memorial Library  

The Mid-Hudson Valley was home to a large population of enslaved people who played a major role in the creation of local wealth and overall economic development. The region also played an important role in the fight to end slavery in the United States. It held two major routes of the Underground Railroad and played a critical role in the abolition movement locally and nationally.

This discussion, by Peter Bunten, will review key aspects of local slavery and sharestories about the people who helped to bring it to an end. Mr. Bunten is the Executive Director of the Mid-Hudson Antislavery History Project and the Vice President of the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State.

The Putnam History Museum will also be on-site at the library to share their Black History in Putnam County pamphlet, published in 2023.