On this episode, Devin and Lauren tell the forgotten story of Boston Corners, which once belonged to Massachusetts, but was ceded to New York state by an act of Congress in 1855. The area, now part of the Town of Ancram, was remote in the mid-19th century and hard to access from Massachusetts, while New […]
On this episode of A New York Minute In History, we explore slavery in New York and specifically the resistance to the institution, including...
In the second episode of our series: Legends and Lore of the Empire State, A New York Minute In History explores the mystery of...
This episode of A New York Minute in History commemorates Women’s History Month by uncovering the groundbreaking 1828 court case of Sojourner Truth, a...
