Work to rebuild the Southampton home of Pyrrhus Concer — a man who was enslaved and later become a whaler and world traveler — as a history and education center could begin this fall, advocates said.

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- His obituary described him as one of the most respected residents of the Hamptons. But the important legacy of former slave Pyrrhus Concer was lost in the last century ...

Plans to demolish what may have been the home of Pyrrhus Concer -- a former slave, whaler and once cherished 19th-century Hamptons resident -- have sparked calls to save the property and honor the ...