"Slavery in New York"

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This paper discusses an art exhibit by the New York Historical Society, titled "Slavery in New York". The paper describes how the exhibit unearths much of the history of the slave trade in New York and shows the way the city participated in and profited form the slave trade long before that trade become so entrenched in the American South.

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"The primary lesson of the exhibit is in fact that slavery was a phenomenon that existed outside of the South and that cosmopolitan and even liberal New York was once part of that trade. Such a lesson also extends the idea of slavery to a wider part of the nation, showing how the guilt over slavery is not released only to the South but takes in the whole country in one way or another. This effort also shows how much the nation owes to the African-Americans it once enslaved and has never fully repaid for what was done to their ancestors."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Frazier, Martin. "Slavery in New York: Uncovering the Brutal Truth." People's Weekly World (3 Dec 2005). December 10, 2005. http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/8186/1/296.
• "Tour the Slavery in New York Galleries." The New York Historical Society. 2005. December 10, 2005. http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org/gallery_1.htm.
• "Slavery in New York." The New York Historical Society. 2005. December 10, 2005. http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org/gallery_2.htm.

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