Tag Archives: Liberty
New York City’s Unfortunate Past
Both www.slaveryinnewyork.org and the readings highlight the existence of slavery in New York City and its historical significance. I found the website to be more effective than the readings because of the emphasis on primary documents such as the excerpt … Continue reading
Beyond the Civil War…
“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 … Continue reading
Home of the Not so Free
Slavery is a very disturbing yet fascinating issue to study. The readings on slavery seem to be very structured and formulaic, and the slave community is transformed into an object. They present to you, the topic of slavery in a … Continue reading
I am now a free man
Slavery is what slavery is but exactly is slavery. Growing up I heard mostly one side of slavey but now I’m starting to realize it was more than just picking cotton. The slaves that was brought here came here without … Continue reading
Compelling Contradictions
Horton’s ‘In Hope of Liberty’ highlights how the black community in the years before and after the American War for Independence evolved overtime in a bid to progress and fight for freedom. The interesting arguments made here include how the … Continue reading