PODCAST

THE NEW YORK VIGILIANCE COMMITTEE

In celebration of Black History Month, our Educators discuss the New York Vigilance Committee and the involvement of Bowne-Parsons family members. They played an active role in the organization and helped raise funds to aid individuals in their escape from slavery. 

EPISODE

Transcript Available Here

Video Credits:

• Audio and Transcript by David Silvernail & Emily Vieyra-Haley, Bowne House Educators

• Slideshow by Elise Helmers, Executive Director & Emily Vieyra-Haley, Bowne House Educator

• Video Editing by M. Alan Haley, Tech Support

• Music Credits: Composer David Szesztay (Crowander). Creative Common License, Attribution-NonCommerical 4.0 International. No changes were made to this music.

To learn more about Bowne-Parsons family members’ participation in anti-slavery activism, click on the article links below:

• Civic Engagement and Civil Disobedience: Samuel B. and Susan (Howland) Parsons and Robert B. and Mary (Mitchell) Parsons

  By Ellen M. Spindler Collection Volunteer, with research assistance by Kate Lynch, researcher, and Charlotte Jackson, Bowne House archivist

• Eight Years of Documented Bowne House Residents’ Involvement in a Network of the New York Underground Railroad from 1842-1850

Researched and written by Ellen M. Spindler, Collection Volunteer, and Charlotte Jackson, Bowne House Archivist