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[[File:1869HarpersHelderbergs1.jpg|200px|thumb|right|<center>Harper’s New Monthly Magazine – October 1869 The Helderbergs at the Indian Ladder</center>]]
 
[[File:1869HarpersHelderbergs1.jpg|200px|thumb|right|<center>Harper’s New Monthly Magazine – October 1869 The Helderbergs at the Indian Ladder</center>]]
 
Town Histories:
 
Town Histories:
*[[b:History|Berne History]]
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*'''[[b:History|Berne History]]'''
*[[k:History|Knox History]]
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*'''[[k:History|Knox History]]'''
*[[r:History|Rensselaerville History]]
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*'''[[r:History|Rensselaerville History]]'''
*[[w:History|Westerlo History]]
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*'''[[w:History|Westerlo History]]'''
  
 
General historic references for the Hilltowns:
 
General historic references for the Hilltowns:
*[[1869 Harper's New Monthly Magazine - The Helderbergs]] - 16 page article
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*'''[[1869 Harper's New Monthly Magazine - The Helderbergs]]'' - 16 page article
*[[History of the County of Albany]] - 1886 -George Rogers Howell and Jonathan Tenney
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*'''[[History of the County of Albany]]''' - 1886 -George Rogers Howell and Jonathan Tenney
*[[Landmarks of Albany County, New York]] - 1897 - Amasa Junius Parker
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*'''[[Landmarks of Albany County, New York]]''' - 1897 - Amasa Junius Parker
*[[Altamont Enterprise]]
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*'''[[Altamont Enterprise]]''
*[[Settlement above the Helderberg Escarpment]]
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*'''[[Settlement above the Helderberg Escarpment]]'''
*[[Rensselaerwyck]]
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*'''[[Rensselaerwyck]]''
*[[Tin Horns and Calico]]
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*'''[[Tin Horns and Calico]]'''
  
 
General History Topics
 
General History Topics

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General History Topics

Slavery

New York state laws regarding Negro Slavery.[1]

  • The emancipation of slaves by the Quakers was legalized in 1798. At that date there were still about 33,000 slaves in the state.
  • On March 29, 1799, an act was passed for the gradual abolition of slavery in New York. Any child

born of a slave after July 4th was to be free at the age of 25 if a girl and 28 if a boy.

  • In 1817 an act was passed providing for the emancipation of all slaves in 1827 — 36 years before National Emancipation.
  1. Altamont Enterprise, 8 May 1953