BETHLEHEM — Jessie Serfilippi will speak on “As odious and immoral a thing — Alexander Hamilton’s Hidden History with Slavery,” on Thursday, April 21, at 7 p.m. at the Delmar Reformed Church.

This is the final talk in the Bethlehem Historical Association’s spring lecture series.

With the enduring interest in Alexander Hamilton due to “Hamilton: An American Musical,” there have been many questions about which aspects of the show are true and which are fictional.

In the play, Hamilton is portrayed as a staunch abolitionist, but is that really the truth? Learn the real story through the research and interpretation by staff at the Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site, the childhood home of his wife, Elizabeth Schuyler, where they frequently stayed throughout their marriage.

Serfilippi is a writer and historical interpreter at the Schuyler Mansion. Her areas of research include the people the Schuylers enslaved, the Schuyler women, and the Hamiltons.

She wrote “‘As odious and immoral a thing’: Alexander Hamilton’s Hidden History with Slavery” and has been published in :Fierce: Essays by and About Dauntless Women.”

This event is free and open to the public. Visit BethlehemHistorical.org for details.

COVID-19 guidelines in place at the time of the event will be in effect.