“Black People and the Battle of Brooklyn” Exhibit
Lefferts Historic House, Flatbush Avenue 452, 11215 Brooklyn, Brooklyn
About
“Black People and the Battle of Brooklyn” is a pop-up exhibit in the yard of Lefferts Historic House. Presented by Prospect Park Alliance, it explores the important and varied roles Black people played in the Battle of Brooklyn in August 1776, the first and largest battle of the American War for Independence. It shows how they served as soldiers and spies on both sides, built American forts, maintained British ships, and seized the conflict to better their lives. The exhibit also tells how the Africans enslaved by the Lefferts family and their neighbors navigated the war, including fighting at Battle Pass in what is now Prospect Park.
Written by a model, sources: historichousetrust.org
Venue
Lefferts Historic House is in New York City’s Brooklyn.
Flatbush Avenue 452, 11215 Brooklyn
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