Tag: Donnamarie Barnes
12.27.2022 News
2022 Year In Review: Sailing away to freedom — New research on a Shelter Islander’s quest
This story appeared in February in the Reporter. He vanished overnight, escaping injustice, leaving everything behind to find freedom in a new life. William Pharaoh also vanished from history,...
06.20.2022 Multimedia
Podcast: Donnamarie Barnes on the fascinating, enduring history of Sylvester Manor
Historian Donna Marie Barnes joins us from Sylvester Manor, where stories continue to unfold from centuries ago. The Shelter Island Reporter podcast features conversations with some of the Island’s...
09.21.2020 Around the Island
Manor event looks at the everyday life of slavery: Discussion Saturday on the people who suffered
Sylvester Manor is continuing to focus on American slavery and its own history of involvement in the crime. In a year of mass protests seeking racial justice and equality,...