You are invited for a Talk at the New-York Historical Society

featuring: Deborah Hamer, Nicole Maskiell, Robert Odawi Porter (Seneca Nation), Russell Shorto (moderator)

While at the New-York Historical Society, please view the  ,
New Amsterdam History Center’s Mapping Early NY project.

THE EXHIBIT WILL BE OPENED FROM MARCH 15TH AND RUN THROUGH JULY 15TH 2024

$35 (Members $25)

In Person or Live Stream

New York’s roots go back exactly 400 years, to the founding of the Dutch colony of New Netherland. The Dutch brought pluralism and free trade, but they also displaced well established Indigenous societies and introduced slavery. If New Amsterdam was a city of unparalleled opportunity, it was also one of violence and inequality. An esteemed panel explores the dichotomy and how it shaped—and continues to shape—New York four centuries later.

Deborah Hamer is the director of the New Netherland Institute. Nicole Maskiell is an associate professor of history at the University of South Carolina. Her research focuses on overlapping networks of slavery in the Dutch and British Atlantic worlds. Robert Odawi Porter (Seneca Nation), a trustee of the New-York Historical Society, is a former President of the Seneca Nation of Indians. Russell Shorto (moderator) is the director of the New Amsterdam Project at the New-York Historical Society. He is the author of seven books, including the national bestseller The Island at the Center of the World.