Help Support GenExchange, Use our Affiliates Links!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
According to today's (Wednesday, December 21) The Wall Street Journal's
OpinionJournal.com, "In the mid-18th century, one in five New Yorkers was a
chattel."
The article continues, "The largest exhibit in the 201-year history of the
New-York Historical Society, "Slavery in New York" was prepared by a
distinguished team of historians headed by James Oliver Horton, Benjamin
Banneker
Professor of History and American Studies at George Washington University,
and
supported by 17 "scholarly advisors" including such luminaries as Columbia
University's Eric Foner and Yale's David Blight. It is accompanied by a
handsome
companion volume, also titled "Slavery in New York," edited by historians
Ira Berlin
and Leslie M. Harris."
For the complete article, "Slaves and the City", please go to:
<
http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110007707>
I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting