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Legacy: Reminders of Slave Life

By Joye Brown | Staff Writer

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In Huntington, you can walk across the same floorboards and see the kitchen or the office where slaves worked at the Joseph Lloyd Manor house in Lloyd Neck.

There, the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities also runs programs for school groups that tell the story of Lloyd Neck slaves. ``We are the only historic house on Long Island that acknowledges slaves and tries to shed light on their lives,'' said Kathleen Kane, a society member.

The house, located at Lloyd Lane and Lloyd Harbor Road, Lloyd Harbor, is open Sundays, from Memorial Day through Columbus Day.

These are some of the places Long Islanders can go to find out more about slavery.

In Setauket, there is the gallery at Caroline Church, which dates back to 1744 and may have been added to keep slaves segregated from other worshippers. In Mastic Beach, crosses were added next to the William Floyd family cemetery to mark the burial place of slaves Charles, Caeser, Harry, Sam, Pompey and Lon.

And at the African American Museum in Hempstead, school groups can learn more about slavery as part of the museum's program on African-Americans on Long Island. ``It's very important that everyone know,'' said museum director Willie Houston.

Here are some other places you can visit:

St. John's Episcopal Churchyard (1765), Montauk Highway, Oakdale. Revolutionary War soldiers, American Indians and slaves (gravestones marked with ``M'' for male, ``F'' for female).

Youngs Memorial Cemetery (1658), Cove Road, Oyster Bay. Has graves of the Youngs' ancestors and their slaves.

St. David AME Zion Church, Eastville Avenue, Sag Harbor. Originally built by Lewis Cuffee and Eastville neighbors in 1840; believed to have been an Underground Railroad station for runaway slaves.

Valley Road Historic District, Community Drive, Manhasset. Remains of Success, a community of free blacks, former slaves and Matinecock Indians established 1829. Includes Lakeville AME Zion Church (1833), cemetery and two residences.

Tuthill Slave Cemetery (1830s), King Street and Narrow River Road, Orient. Dr. Seth Tuthill (1784-1850); his wife, Maria (died 1840), and many slaves with unmarked stones. Marker notes the Tuthills' wish to ``be buried with their former servants.''