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In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626–1863

In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626–1863

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In 1991, a crew of New York City construction workers found the remains of a massive burial ground under twenty feet of rubble, just blocks from City Hall. The forgotten cemetery contained the remains of as many as 20,000 African Americans, and pointed to the countless untold stories of the enslaved and free people who lived, labored, and died in New York. Historian Leslie M. Harris joins David M. Rubenstein to shine a light on these stories, tracing the early African American experience in New York from the arrival of the first slaves into the city in 1629 to the devastating racial violence of the New York City Draft Riots in 1863.
Recorded on April 10, 2023

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In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626–1863

In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626–1863

New-York Historical Society