Historian Amy Folk: project names all Southold Town's enslaved and enslavers
From North Fork Works by Hazel Kahan, WPKN
June 28, 2025 · 29 min · Episode 4
About this episode
Historian Amy Folk discusses the North Fork Project aimed at naming all enslaved individuals and their enslavers in Southold Town.
Amy Folk , Southold Town historian, talks about the North Fork Project, its goal of naming all the town’s enslaved people and what was entailed in the process of finding the enslaved as well as their enslavers.
People in this episode
Guest: Amy Folk
Topics covered
- enslavement
- historical research
- local history
- Southold Town
Keywords
- North Fork Project
- enslaved people
- historian
- Southold
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Southold Town's, Southold Town
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