Local history speaker series: Slavery and Dutch-Palatine Farmers. This lecture with Travis Bowman, "Slavery and Dutch-Palatine Farmers: How did middle class farmers in Colonial New York interact with slavery?" will examine how the institution of slavery was utilized at a local and personal level among middle class farmers in the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys under the Dutch, British, and American systems of government. A Q&A period and refreshments follow the talk.