In the 17th and 18th century, the landowners of some of the mansions still standing in The Bronx were built by enslaved people. In this episode Olga Luz is joined by Laura Carpenter-Myers, director of the Van Cortlandt House Museum to pay tribute to some of those people by name. The Enslaved People’s Project is an initiative of the Van Cortlandt House Museum, the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance, the Kingsbridge Historical Society, a Kingsbridge/Riverdale community coalition, and Manhattan College students. For more Bronx Stories go to http://bronxtourism.wpengine.com/home/gobronxpod/
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