Pinkster was a holiday celebrated by African and Dutch New Yorkers in the 1700s, becoming an African-American holiday, and a break for enslaved ...

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It was largely known as an African celebration during the late 1700s and early 1800s, mostly in places where the Dutch settled in the Hudson ...

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To the Dutch, Pinkster was a religious holiday, a chance to rest, gather and celebrate christian sacraments like baptisms and confirmations. It also had a long ...

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Pinkster was a 17th-century festival for enslaved Africans to gather, rest, and practice their culture, originally a celebration of Pentecost.

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Pinkster, a Dutch celebration, became an African American festival. It may have originated in West Central Africa, brought by enslaved Africans, and adapted by ...

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Pinkster was a celebration in New York, with King Charles, possibly from Kongo/Angola, as a well-remembered king. It was celebrated in Albany, Long Island, and ...

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It was an ancient religious and social holiday, a three- to five-day celebration that began the Monday following Pentecost Sunday. Colonial New ...

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Pinkster, the Dutch word for Pentecost, was historically the sole occasion each year when enslaved Africans in New York could legally gather ...

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The holiday known as Pinkster was introduced in the 1600s to the colony of New Netherland—a Dutch occupied region that encompassed parts of ...

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To the Dutch, Pinkster originated as a religious holiday derived from the Christian feast of Pentecost as well as an observation of the change ...

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