I thought the website was very interesting because it did not just provide us with amazing details but it backed it up with pictures that helped the claims. The website and book go in depth in different ways.The information given on the online museum were mostly clear cut facts followed by a small image. The images in the Tour galleries were confusing because I would click on the gallery, and there would only be one image.The website gives specifics such as dates and goes into detail on select African American freedom fighters. Also, the website goes over why slavery was wrong and why racism existed in New York.
The book had a different approach and focused more on one aspect of slavery, where African Americans were used as just workers. Also it details different aspects of slavery that the website doesn’t cover.
It is surprising that you liked the website. I for one could not stand it. To me it described slavery in general. Of course we knew it was wrong, why we know, but the things that these slaves go through, the exact ways they strive to become recognized and freed, as well as the battles they undergone economically in urban areas are what Chudacoff explained in the book perfectly.