Winter Lecture: “Dust for Blood: Long Island Labor Camps”

Join Southold Historical Museum for the upcoming Winter Lecture: “Dust for Blood: Long Island Labor Camps” by Mark Torres, part of the “Local Farming Through the Years” free lecture series sponsored by NOFO Real Estate.

Mr. Torres, who is the author of Long Island Migrant Labor Camps: Dust for Blood (The History Press, 2021), will share the history of the labor camps that sustained the potato farming industry on Long Island, and will discuss factors that led to the ultimate decline of this labor system and the potato industry as a whole.

This lecture is the third and final in the Winter lecture series, “Local Farming Through the Years”, and is free and open to the public.

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Date

Mar 04 2023
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Time

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

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Southold Town
Southold Town Recreation Center

Location

Southold Town Recreation Center
970 Peconic Lane, Peconic, NY 11958
Website
https://www.southoldhistorical.org/event-details/annual-holiday-fair-1

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Southold Historical Museum
Phone
(631) 765-5500
Email
info@southoldhistorical.org
Website
https://www.southoldhistorical.org/upcoming
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