HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY

Coordinators: Ilene Winkler, Susannah Falk-Lewis, Penelope Pi-Sunyer, Michael
Wellner

Here’s the history of New York City that you didn’t learn in school.

We will start with the original residents, the Lenape — how did they live, how did they deal with the first Europeans? Traveling up the Hudson, we will examine the early Dutch and English settlements, including slavery and free Blacks.

Next, we will look at New York during the American Revolution, when British troops controlled the city. We will conclude this semester by examinIng the part New Yorkers played in creating the Constitution and our country.

A WEEK / TUESDAY / 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

History of New York City
Date	Presenter	Title
Sep 03	Sandra Abramson	The Real Native New Yorkers
Sep 17	Michael Wellner	The Dutch in New Amsterdam
Oct 01	Susannah Falk-Lewis	Slavery in Colonial New York
Oct 15	Larry Shapiro	The Colony of New York
Oct 29	Penelope Pi-Sunyer	Going up the Hudson Valley
Nov 12	Ilene Winkler	Revolutionary New York
Dec 03	Karen Cullen	Hamilton, New York and the Constitution

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