The Saratoga County History Center will hold its annual membership meeting on Sunday, November 19, at 2 p.m. in the museum’s Long Room. Following treasurer’s and president’s reports, the Nominating Committee will present candidates for trustee posts and the outgoing president will explain the proposed budget for 2024.
Following the business meeting, Amy Godine of Saratoga Springs will speak on the subject of her new book, The Black Woods: Pursuing Racial Justice on the Adirondack Frontier, scheduled for release by Syracuse University Press the preceding week. The Black Woods chronicles the history of Black pioneers in New York’s northern wilderness. From the late 1840s into the 1860s, they migrated to the Adirondacks to build farms and to vote. On their new-worked land, they could meet the $250 property requirement New York’s constitution imposed on Black voters in 1821, and claim the rights of citizenship. The book will be available for purchase that evening in the museum’s shop. Light refreshments will be served.  Seating is limited to 75, so reserve your place by visiting https://brooksidemuseum.networkforgood.com/events/63811-schc-annual-meeting-featuring-amy-godine