Wist U dat de beroemde zwarte Amerikaanse vrijheidsstrijder Sojourner Truth als slavin van een Nederlandstalige slaveneigenaar werd geboren en tot haar tiende jaar Nederlands sprak? Of dat de Nederlanders tot slaaf gemaakte Afrikanen naar Noord Amerika brachten in schepen van de West Indische Compagnie? Deze verrassende gids toont de sporen van Nederlandse aanwezigheid in New York, de stad en de staat. Het accent ligt op het Nederlands bewind in Nieuw Amsterdam en Nieuw Nederland in zeventiende eeuw, een korte periode 1609-1664 met een blijvende culturele invloed. Nederlandse kolonisten die het vruchtbare Amerika betraden hadden vriendelijke en gewelddadige ontmoetingen met inheemse Amerikanen. Zij dreven handel en sloten overeenkomsten, maar vochten ook tegen hen. Tot slaaf gemaakte Afrikanen bouwden New York op, en verrichtten gedwongen arbeid op boerderijen, in het huishouden en in de stad. Deze gids nodigt uit tot een bezoek aan veel bijzondere locaties van New Yorkse geschiedenissen van handel, verraad, geweld, overleven, winst, verlies, godsdienstijver, oude rituelen en nieuwe culturele vormen. Ontdek een nieuwe laag informatie over de Hudson Vallei, de staat New York, en alle delen van New York City.
Did you know that the famous African American abolitionist Sojourner Truth was formerly enslaved and spoke Dutch until the age of ten? Or that the Dutch brought enslaved Africans to North America in the merchant ships of the West India Company? This eye-opening guide focuses on traces of the Dutch presence in New York city and state. Dutch rule in New Amsterdam and New Netherland (1609-1664) was short, but it has had a lasting cultural impact. Dutch colonists, entering the rich American lands, had friendly and violent encounters with Native Americans. They traded and partnered with them, but also fought against them. Enslaved Africans built and formed New York, in farms and households. The guide invites a visit to many surprising locations of Dutch New York's histories of trade, treason, resistance, violence, survival, profit, loss, religious zeal, old rituals and new cultural forms.
Discover a new layer of information about New York State, that includes the Hudson River Valley and the five boroughs of New York City.
Did you know that the famous African American abolitionist Sojourner Truth was formerly enslaved and spoke Dutch until the age of ten? Or that the Dutch brought enslaved Africans to North America in the merchant ships of the West India Company? This eye-opening guide focuses on traces of the Dutch presence in New York city and state. Dutch rule in New Amsterdam and New Netherland (1609-1664) was short, but it has had a lasting cultural impact. Dutch colonists, entering the rich American lands, had friendly and violent encounters with Native Americans. They traded and partnered with them, but also fought against them. Enslaved Africans built and formed New York, in farms and households. The guide invites a visit to many surprising locations of Dutch New York's histories of trade, treason, resistance, violence, survival, profit, loss, religious zeal, old rituals and new cultural forms.
Discover a new layer of information about New York State, that includes the Hudson River Valley and the five boroughs of New York City.
