Philipsburg Manor is a historic site and living history museum in Sleepy Hollow, New York, about twenty miles north of Manhattan. In 1750, this plantation, owned by the Philipse family, spanned over 50,000 acres and was part of a vast commercial network that supplied wheat and other goods to New York City and plantations in the West Indies. The estate relied on the forced labor of 23 enslaved Africans, who managed its daily operations, as well as a tenant farming population of around 800.
Today, the site has been preserved as a 20-acre museum featuring the manor house, a working gristmill, and a New World Dutch barn. Visitors experience the site through the perspective of the enslaved Africans who lived and worked there, learning about their resilience, labor, and community.
Philipsburg Manor holds the distinction of being the first living history museum in the United States dedicated to interpreting slavery in the colonial North.
Tours of the site are available on select dates from May-December.