Jun 14 2011 05:26 am
Posted by jimmy.chu under June 14 Assignment
I agree with the previous comments that we have an association of freedom with the North and how most of slavery took place in the South. Although the south utilized the manpower of slavery for plantations, the North also exploited African Americans because many merchants, farmers, and artisans needed people for labor. What I found incredibly interesting about the website is how long it took emancipation to take affect. I’ve always thought NYC was a place that was ahead of its time on civil rights but what I have learned was emancipation was a long and grudgingly taken endeavor. It took over 28 long years from the first step that was passed by John Jay, the Gradual Emancipation Act in 1799 and complete abolition of slavery in New York in 1827.
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