In an effort to protect minors from accessing websites that contain harmful content, the Saugerties Public Library will be acquiring internet-filtering technologies for all of our computers. For those who are doing research and must access a restricted website, library staff can unblock any site. The library will be holding a special, virtual meeting to discuss this new system on Thursday, March 11th at 5:00 pm. If you would like to join this meeting, please email: director@saugertiespubliclibrary.org for the link.
Local History Talk
Monday, March 29 at 7pm via Zoom
Susan Stessin-Cohn will be speaking on her publication, “In Defiance: Runaways From Slavery in New York’s Hudson River Valley 1735-1831.” To be in bondage, to be owned by another human being, to be subjected to another person’s total will – that was the essence of slavery. The natural “fight or flight” instinct in every human being dominated the minds of all those who were treated as property. Humanizing an otherwise largely silent population, advertisements for fugitive slaves provide an exceptionally valuable window into black life in Early America—from the nature of the slave system and the master-slave relationship to fascinating glimpses into material culture and folk life. Join us for this fascinating glimpse inside the life and minds of “runaways.”
Email libraryhelp@saugertiespubliclibrary.org for the link.
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