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The poet "George Moses Horton"
“Slavery in New York” is gallery of a sequence of events that followed slavery and its root dated with some statistical focuses. the New York city in particular was different from other cities in the south in terms of numbers of salves freed and those who migrate or forced to seek opportunities in New York. 1799 act was a historical date in New York city and a historical event which granted the State to lead in abolishing slavery legally.
- “The social Mosaic” introduced the life of freed black in New York in social and economic context, it emphasized the socioeconomic of urban city and the problems that encountered the freed slaved, non freed ones and otters. although African Americans were almost same as white in numbers , the main economic resources were on the hands of 10% of white male. also the slavery time has forced African American to gain only non-keeled jobs in city. This imposed the great complicity as many groups competed for the employment and housing the city can offer .
The story of the first African American poet ” George Moses Horton” was an image and one example of the how thousands of others slaves suffered. This was history of slavery experience before and after civil war in social, political, and economic context. All black slaves shared the hope of liberty that lead them to build an organized community against the injustice they have suffered from.