This historic property in Southold was once owned by a man named Daniel Goldsmith, who gifted it to a slave named Maltby who bought his own freedom.
A historic Long Island home that was gifted to a freed slave has listed for $700,000, The Post has learned.
Located in Southold, an hour from the Hamptons, the property was originally built back in 1663 as just a single room. Daniel Goldsmith, a local farmer, gifted the property to the Freeman family in 1809, according to local historian, Amy Folk. The first of the Freeman family in the area was Kedar Derby and his wife, Chloe, who were enslaved and brought to Southold in 1780. They then had three children, Chloe, Bloom and Maltby.At 30 years old, Maltby was gifted the property, located at 150 Bay Water Ave., where he expanded the room into a three-bedroom, three-bathroom residence.
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