Cliff, Thank you so much for sending this out. There is a road near here called Indian Mound Rd. I am gathering information from a lady in her upper 80's about this possible burial ground. There is also a slave burial ground near it.. there might be Indian slaves buried there too. People seemed shocked to learn that Indians were slaves. Emily Brothers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff Lamere" <clifflamere@nycap.rr.com> To: <NYRENSSE-L@rootsweb.com>; <NYALBANY-L@rootsweb.com>; <NYCOLUMB-L@rootsweb.com>; <NYWESTCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 7:37 PM Subject: [NYRENSSE] Indian Slaves in New York > The New York State Library has purchased some old documents. One from > 1720 (Orange County) is the first documentation that New Yorkers at one > time held Indian slaves. It was long suspected, but historians never > had proof until now. > > The article was in today's Times Union newspaper (Albany). It will be > viewable without a fee for six more days. > > http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=720450 > > Cliff Lamere > > > ====NY-RENSSE Mailing List==== > Check out the mailing list's website at: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYRensse/ > Don't forget the Rensselaer County Message Board: > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.rensselaer/mb.ashx > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYRENSSE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >