Slavery in Berne
From Helderberg Hilltowns of Albany County, NY
Jacob (Jack) Deitz was born a slave in 1788 at Coxsackie, Greene, NY. Jack was sold as a slave to Johan Jost Dietz in 1792 when he was four years old.
This picture showing the house of Jack Deitz was found in the attic when a house in Berne was torn down
Underground Railroad through Berne? Local old-timers and historians believe that a number of homes in Berne were once on the route of the Underground RR.
