"The Other Side" looks at the William Floyd Estate in Mastic Beach, a National Park unit of Fire Island National Seashore. Long Island plantation and slave owner General William Floyd set his signature to the Declaration of Independence in July 1776. At the heart of the collection are photographs of undated wooden crosses bearing generic slave names, set apart on the other side of a fence from the elaborate individualized stones of the Floyd family cemetery. The photographs serve as spiritual memorials to the laborers – both enslaved persons and paid house servants of color – who worked on the estate. <br /> <br />Visit http://www.xiomaro.com for exhibit information. Read the press release here: http://wp.me/p1gH0H-ei See the photos here: http://tinyurl.com/m93q4bb
