The Roelantsen House circa 1640. (Did anyone else think the early Dutch built log cabins in New York?) And a house like this which housed perhaps 8 people, would have enslaved people. 1695 South Ward Tax List identifiable in the 1703 Census Households (with demographic listings) shows the numbers. https://www.savingny.com/appendix11.html New York City Fire Museum, 279 Spring Street, New York SPECIAL EXHIBITION Colonial Firefighting & The American Revolution, 3/15-8/13
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