A Hudson Valley Reckoning

Praise for the book

Debra Bruno takes her audience on a journey of discovery, exploring the erasure of the history of slavery in New York and among her ancestors in order bring the impact of slavery and the legacy of its omission from the historical record close to home. A Hudson Valley Reckoning will read like a cannon blast for those unfamiliar with this difficult past, grounding her family history in a deeply felt and lived understanding of the experience of slavery in the North.
— Myra B. Young Armstead, author of Freedom's Gardener

A Hudson Valley Reckoning tells an important story of erasure and recovery, rooted in Debra Bruno’s impressive research into her ancestors and the history of slavery in New York. This is a valuable contribution to the conversation about slavery in the American North and, perhaps even more critically, about the deliberate efforts to hide or forget this past."
—Andrea C. Mosterman, author of Spaces of Enslavement

This is a well-researched and fascinating history of Debra Bruno's extended family and their slaveholding past in the Hudson Valley, written in an accessible and engaging manner. If you have Dutch or African-American ancestors in New York, it is most likely part of your family history as well. " 
— Michael Douma, author of The Slow Death of Slavery in Dutch New York