Learn about the history of enslaved people in New Jersey and those who were able to create a thriving Freedman Community along the Palisades. Public Historian Francesca Costa will delve into her own research into this community and share stories about the people who called Closter Mountain home.

Francesca Costa started at Palisades Interstate Park after graduating from Gettysburg College in 2019. She continued to work here as she earned her graduate degree from the University of Edinburgh, and she is now a full-time public historian for the park and supervises the park's Interpretive Ranger Program.

The lecture takes place in the c.1752 Steuben House which is located at 1209 Main Street, River Edge, NJ. Free lecture.

Free parking on Main Street or at the Ackerman-Zabriskie Tide Mill Parking Lot, 1190 Main Street, River Edge, NJ.