The Hudson Area Library History Room, in collaboration with the  Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History, Greenport Historical Society & the Gotham Center for New York City History, presents the latest in its Local History talks: ‘Colonial New York’ and the World of Jacob Leisler by L. H. Roper. The talk focuses on seventeenth-century colonial New York and the Hudson River Valley in the context of the larger Atlantic World. On the subject of this talk, Professor Roper stated: “Where does the history of New York fit into the history of colonial America and where does the history of colonial America fit into the history of the wider world? I will discuss the seventeenth-century European colonization of the greater Hudson Valley and what its history suggests about the character of early Americans.” Dr. David Voorhees, director of the Leisler Institute added, “We Americans…aren’t aware that what happened here is part of larger global movements.”
Lou Roper is Professor of History at the Department of History, State University of New York at New Paltz and is Co-General Editor of The Journal of Early American History. His latest books are Advancing Empire: English Interests and Overseas Expansion, 1613-1688 and his collection of essays, The Torrid Zone: Caribbean Colonization and Cultural Interaction in the Long Seventeenth Century. His studies at this time focus on the seventeenth-century slave trades and colonization of the area bounded by the Connecticut River and Chesapeake Bay.
A question and answer period and refreshments will follow the talk. For more information contact the library.