The Clove

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  New List of Posts

  Here is a synopsis of all the posts. I was thinking I hadn’t done enough until I saw how many were here.

  February 11, 2026
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  American History

  Part of “The Clove” follows the Earl Brothers, Ben and Richard, traveling to Ulster County to purchase millstones. They journey through the New Paltz area and witness vast, fertile farmlands owned by the descendants of the founding Huguenots, worked by hundreds of enslaved people. In 1790, New Paltz, 77 slaveholders…

  February 10, 2026