Some pictures from Sylvester Manor 11/23/13

A handsome old house

Very steep staircase!

Here is where the servants (slaves) were buried

Marked only by this stone
"Burying Ground of the Colored
People of the Manor Since 1651"
probably carved in 1884

Front

Some of the gang who went on the outing

We stopped in Greenport for lunch at Claudios
before taking the ferry to Shelter Island

Tall hedges in the overgrown garden

What things has this tree witnessed in its long life?

A causeway leads to a little island

Farther down the causeway

 In the garden. Who's he?

 I love old brick pathways

 They have livestock (quarters being inspected by biology professor)

A casually dressed sheep

Check out the website for Sylvester Manor
and the book
 The Manor: Three Centuries at a Slave Plantation
 on Long Island, by Mac Griswold (2013)