“Let Them Ride Home the Stones”: Lives and Labor of the Enslaved

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.