Originally Posted by Linny

What does this have to do with 100yo footage from Belmont. I don't think that there were slaves there. This was 30 years after the Civil War and slavery was outlawed in NY well before that. The rich had servants, most of whom made little money but were housed and fed far better as a result of their service than they could have been otherwise. Many household servants ended up up named in the wills of their bosses, including my great grandmother who worked for the Fisher family.