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22 de oct. de 2020 · And while New York legally ended slavery in 1827, 38 years before the 13th amendment abolished it in the United States, having ties to a place named for a slave owner is uncomfortable for...
22 de may. de 2024 · Irene Madrigal. Though New York is known today for its diversity, having been the birthplace of the Harlem Renaissance and the first entry-point for countless immigrants to the United States,...
Hace 2 días · May 27, 2024. In 1991, construction workers in New York City made a startling discovery. While excavating a plot of land for a new federal office building, they unearthed human remains – the skeletal remnants of what would turn out to be a 6.6-acre burial ground containing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 African men, women and children.
Hace 1 día · 1. 40% of New Yorkers Owned Slaves. Slavery in America is most commonly associated with southern plantation but many city dwellers also owned slaves and New Yorkers were no exception....
Hace 6 días · John S. Jacobs was a fugitive, an abolitionist — and the brother of the canonical author Harriet Jacobs. Now, his own fierce autobiography has re-emerged.
21 de may. de 2024 · Excavations at the Van Cortlandt Mansion, the central structure of an eighteenth-century plantation located in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, New York, highlight the difficulty of using archaeological evidence to document the story of enslavement in early America.
20 de may. de 2024 · by Grace C. |. Last Updated: May 20, 2024. Harlem’s Harriet Tubman Memorial; a tribute to the railroad’s most famous conductor. Photo: Jeff Dobbins. The Underground Railroad, a network of safe havens that helped American slaves escape captivity, ran directly through New York City.
