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A history of slavery in New York City is told through contributions by leading historians of African-American life in New York and is published to coincide with a major exhibit, in an anthology that demonstrates how slavery shaped the city's everyday experiences and directly impacted its rise to a commercial and financial power.

"[A] groundbreaking collection....Pertinent illustrations and over 30 sidebars throughout the text offer enriching sketches of the many people, places and events that figure in the essays."

Publishers Weekly, 09/05/2005

"This book is rich in detail and it is important. It reveals layer upon layer of humdrum wickedness, and it shows how political doublespeak didn't begin with the Clear Skies Act: 'The Gradual Emancipation Law,' Ira Berlin and Leslie M. Harris write in their introduction, 'freed not a single New York slave.'"

Russell Shorto, New York Times Book Review, 03/19/2006

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