‘Forgetting To Remember’: Exhibition Shines Light on Stories of East End Enslaved People

Exhibition artist Michael A. Butler's "Growth of the Great Meadow," which highlights the development of the Sag Harbor region. COURTESY MICHAEL A. BUTLER

Julian Alvarez and Sam Hamilton, co-directors of "Forgotten Founders: David Hempstead, Senior." AMELIA GARNER

A detail of Michael A. Butler's portrait of David Hempstead, as seen in "Forgotten Founders: David Hempstead, Senior." COURTESY JULIAN ALVAREZ AND SAM HAMILTON

David Rattray, co-director of the Plain Sight Project and editor-in-chief of The East Hampton Star, as seen in "Forgotten Founders: David Hempstead, Senior." COURTESY JULIAN ALVAREZ AND SAM HAMILTON

Donnamarie Barns, co-director of the Plain Sight Project and curator at Sylvester Manor Educational Farm on Shelter Island, as seen in "Forgotten Founders: David Hempstead, Senior." COURTESY JULIAN ALVAREZ AND SAM HAMILTON

A map of Sag Harbor, as seen in "Forgotten Founders: David Hempstead, Senior." COURTESY JULIAN ALVAREZ AND SAM HAMILTON

Donnamarie Barnes, co-director of the Plain Sight Project, as seen in "Forgotten Founders: David Hempstead, Senior." COURTESY JULIAN ALVAREZ AND SAM HAMILTON