How did the American Revolution affect African Americans in Old Saratoga, Saratoga Springs, and their environs? Discover the major avenues they pursued in the early national period and in the years prior to the Civil War as they sought to build lives in the new nation. Presented by Dr. Myra Armstead, the Lyford Paterson Edwards and Helen Gray Edwards Professor of Historical Studies Emerita at Bard College.

Reservations are required by emailing sara_reservations@nps.gov. Please include the date of the program you wish to attend. The Fall Lecture Series is presented with support from the Friends of Saratoga Battlefield.