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2024 marks the 400th anniversary of Dutch settlers arriving in NYC. Slavery came to New York, then called New Amsterdam with the arrival of the first Dutch settlers. By the mid-18th century Brooklyn was the U.S.’s third largest economy. Integral to this boom was slavery.

I live in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, an area settled by people from Amersfoort, The Netherlands. Intrigued by the Dutch names on street signs and plaques in this area, for the past two years, I have presented a walking tour, Dead, Dutch and Still Around.

Using Historical Society and NYC Municipal data I will present a webinar using data on the thousands of Enslaved Africans who lived, toiled and died in Brooklyn. No longer simply chattel whose first name and age, are written in beautiful cursive, in the accounting ledgers of slaveholding men.