Between 1749 and 1776, Fort Johnson and Johnson Hall were home to several dozen enslaved men, women, and children. They came from many places, spoke many languages, and lived and labored side by side in bondage, working in the fields and homes of the Johnson family and those associated with them. Learn about ongoing research that sheds new light on this enslaved community, the realities of their daily lives, and the bonds and forces that united or separated them.
Speaker Ian Mumpton, Interpretive Programs Assistant at Johnson Hall State Historic Site, has worked at historic sites across New York, with a special interest in highlighting the stories of Loyalists, Native Americans, and enslaved people of African ancestry in Mohawk Valley history.
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2016 Fall Lecture Series Fort Plain Museum
Fort Plain Museum (opens in a new tab)
389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY 13339
fortplainmuseum@yahoo.com (opens in a new tab)
518-774-5669
Lectures start at 7:00pm
Admission is free but donations are appreciated.
Thursday, October 13
“War on the Middleline – The Founding of a Community in the Kayaderosseras Patent in the Midst of the American Revolution” by James E. Richmond
Thursday, October 20
“Sir William Johnson and the Evolution of the Mohawk Valley Fur Trade” by Michael Perazzini 
Thursday, October 27
“350 Years of Firearms” including the Hamilton/Burr Dueling Pistols by John Phillips (Phillips will discuss and showcase replica Hamilton/Burr Dueling Pistols made before the American Revolution Bicentennial)
Thursday, November 3
“Forgotten Pioneers: African Americans in the Mohawk Valley” by Wayne Lenig and “West African Drumming in Colonial America” (drumming demonstrations included) by Charles Lenig