History & Heritage Extended Walking Tour

80 North Ferry Road,Shelter Island NY 11964

06 July, 2023

Description

Extended Walking TourWalk through history as you learn about the early history of Sylvester Manor and stories of the individuals from the three cultures that came together at the time of the establishment of Shelter Island in 1651: the Indigenous Manhansett Tribe who made the island their home for a millennium, the European businessmen who bought Shelter Island to provision their Caribbean sugar operation, the Enslaved Africans brought as the island’s labor force and the Free People of Color who continued to live and work at the Manor after Emancipation and who are anonymously buried here. This 90-minute tour will include all or some of the following: North Peninsula, David Hempstead Field, Quaker Cemetery, Afro-Indigenous Burial Ground. Please dress comfortably and wear closed-toe walking shoes. Inclimate weather cancels the tour and refunds will be issued. Insect repellent will be available for your use. This tour is not ADA accessible and is recommended for ages 12+.