Community Corner
LI Town Memorializes Cato Sands, Homeowner And Son Of Freed Slave
He bought his home in 1834 for $400 on three acres and raised his family.
PORT WASHINGTON, NY — It is a shameful past that can't be ignored: Long Island once had the largest slave population of any rural area in the north for most of the Colonial Era.
Now a community is paying tribute to the heritage of one formerly enslaved man and the home he built for his family, reports CBS2’s Jennifer McLogan reports.