Even in the dignified Gilded Age, pranksters were gonna prank 'The Washington Times' printed this set of "Ancient and Honorable April Fools Jokes" in 1896 - yet, I have to wonder, how 'honorable' the "old brick in the hat joke" is... #AprilFoolsDay #GildedAge

Once human property, now a property-owner: the 1891 location of Robert St. John's house, along the border of Rhinebeck and Hyde Park! 🏡 You'll notice the name Hasbrouck - likely, George Hasbrouck; a fellow Black resident of Staatsburg and witness to St. John's 1893 wedding ⬇️

It's a beautiful day to sit inside and read ☕📚

Decades before the hypocritical signing of the Declaration of Independence, Africans enslaved in New York City rose up against White colonists, and those who survived were burned alive. theblackwallsttimes.com/2023/02/09/new…

As early as 1690, Robert Livingston, 1st Lord of Livingston Manor, invested in the slaving vessel "Margriet" His son, Philip Livingston, 2nd Lord of the Manor - one of NY's leading slave importers - would invest in over 400 slaving vessels #NorthernSlavery #NewYorkEnslavers

Happy #GotchaDay, Sarabi 🐈🎂 I know how you'll be celebrating today ... 📚💤☀️

One of the men sentenced to death for the New York Slave Revolt of 1712 was Tom Tom was enslaved by Nicholas van Rosenvelt, or Roosevelt; 4x great-grandfather of T.R. and F.D.R. #NorthernSlavery #OTD

The Asch building - site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory on the 8th-10th floors - where 146 workers, mostly young immigration women, were killed in a fire The 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire was the largest workplace disaster in NYC until 9/11

#Easter is a time for bunnies, eggs ... and gnomes?? 🌷🐰 Cards from the turn-of-the-century, with egg-headed kids, show the Edwardian's surreal sense of humor, while rabbits drive automobiles to show new innovations or don uniforms to hint at the looming threat of war in Europe

If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature; and the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature." - John Burroughs, "The Art of Seeing Things" (1908) 📚🌿

leftover Easter carrot cake 🍰 the first homemade cold-brew of the season ☕ and a new book 📖 *chef's kiss*

Tell me you're a public historian without *telling* me you're a public historian 👓🦬

First morning walking to work!! 👟☀️

Records from the sloop "Rhode Island" - owned by Philip Livingston, 2nd Lord of Livingston Manor Verso records the "Leakage of 61 hogsheads of Rum" over the course of their voyage. The recto records "what Slaves died on the Coast and upon the Passage from Guinea to New York"

It's officially 'Lunch Outside ' season! 📕🥪🕶️

Sees appropriate to share my (first ever!) blog, from RCP museum, on "Quacks in the Collection" 🧑‍⚕️🖼️ history.rcplondon.ac.uk/blog/quacks-co…

Crisp spring evening down Huguenot Street 🌸🏡 10 generations ago, my ancestors - "refugees from France" - founded New Paltz, bringing with them the first enslaved people of African descent too This family history, and the work of peers like Huguenot Street, drive my research

"We never *didn't* know this history" Thoroughly enjoyed listening to yesterday's powerful panel of historians and educators from the New Paltz community; discussing their research and public engagement with #HudsonValley slavery to a packed house! #PublicHistory

While @Twitter has been a great community of peers over the years, it is no longer the collaborative environment I once knew and loved... So, feel free to follow my work and all new updates on LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/zachary-vei… - or reach out to me directly at Staatsburgh!