| Blacks in the Adirondacks: A History Subjects: African Americans -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains -- History; African Americans -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains -- Biography; Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) -- History Local; Blacks in the Adirondacks: A History tells the story of the many African Americans who settled in or passed through this rural, mountainous region of northeastern New York State. In the area for a variety of reasons, some were lifetime residents, while others were there for a few years or months--as summer employees, tuberculosis patients, or in connection with full- or part-time occupations in railroading, the performing arts, and baseball. Sally E. Svenson is an independent scholar. She is the author of Adirondack Churches: A History of Design and Building. |