public art project which commemorates the lives of enslaved Africans who lived at the Philipse Manor Hall in Yonkers, New York – six of whom were the first to be manumitted by law in the United States in 1787, seventy-six years before the Emancipation Proclamation.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Enslaved African's Rain Garden Exhibition

Vinnie Bagwell/Artist
(a presentation of the five maquettes and site-plan illustrations)

September 24-October 31, 2010

Opening reception
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 6 pm
Arts Exchange Gallery
31 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, New York

For information, please call 914.965.0231