The Dr. Margaret Wade-Lewis Center and Historic Huguenot Street will honor and remember the lives of Anthony and Susanna, enslaved in Ulster County during the seventeenth century.

Anthony and Susanna were purchased by Louis DuBois, a French Protestant founder of New Paltz, in 1673. Their purchase is the earliest record of enslavement associated with a New Paltz patentee. While being among the first people of African descent enslaved in Ulster County, they notably resisted their enslavement in the primitive backwoods of Ulster County. 

The Dr. Margaret Wade-Lewis Center, in partnership with Historic Huguenot Street, will honor and remember the lives of Anthony and Susanna at the site of the commemorative Witness Stone installation. During Black History month, we are spreading the word of the courage and agency of Africans in Ulster County. Please join us for this free, public commemoration.

Please register by clicking the button below.

The snow date for this event is March 1st.

This project was initiated in 2024 with the Witness Stones Project, Inc, and was supported by the DuBois Family Association. The production of the memorial markers was funded by Andreas du Bois, a direct descendant of Louis du Bois' brother.

This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.