SE 04 EP1 PART 2 - BLACKS ON WALL STREET: HOW BLACK PEOPLE HELPED BUILD WALL STREET AND NEW YORK
Description
Part 2 of an exploration of Black neighborhoods and enclaves in antebellum New York City during the 19th century. It includes the final years of slavery and the unraveling of the institution as a stronghold on the economy of antebellum New York, due in part to the actions of anti-slavery activists and abolitionists; gradual emancipation and the beginning of the nearly 30 years it took for slavery to be abolished in the state of New York; how white ruling elites in New York worked to control Blacks as they transitioned from enslaved people to free men and women; the first schools established for Black people in New York and how Blacks used education (particularly the African Free Schools) to improve their circumstances. Guests include, Author, Historian and Northwestern University Professor, Leslie Harris.
United States
