Prospect Park leadership is embracing a dark legacy of displaced Lenapehoking Native Americans, whose ancestral lands the park’s museum was built on, and the Lefferts family’s enslavement of Africans in the 18th century.
Lefferts Historic House is an 18th-century Flatbush farmhouse and New York City landmark.
The museum is a landmarked Dutch farmhouse owned by the Lefferts family in old Flatbush in the 1700s. The farmhouse was originally on Flatbush Avenue near Maple Street, but was moved in 1917 to its current site in the park. The Lefferts were one of Kings County’s largest slave owning families, which is why you can see the Lefferts name on street signs and subway stations, said the BP office.
To date, the Alliance has identified the names of 25 enslaved Black people at the site between 1783 and 1827. The Lefferts family inherited some people, while some were born at the house and others were bought. According to available historical documents, these people rebuilt the Lefferts home after the Battle of Brooklyn during the Revolutionary War and ran the farm.
The BP’s office added that too few people understand the violent history of how the Lenape were forced off their ancestral land before it became Brooklyn, first by European colonizers and later by the US government. “This project is an important step of many to help to heal deep-seeded wounds from our nation’s past, and help anchor the narratives of those who have traditionally been silenced,” said Monaco in a statement. “The work we are undertaking at the museum would not be possible without those who came before us, and we look forward to partnering with and supporting the many civic leaders and organizations who have led the way in the Brooklyn community over the past many years.
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