New York Slavery Exhibit: Virtual Exhibit Available

From now through late 2007, the New York Historical Society of Manhattan will be featuring an exhibit on the history of slavery in New York. The exhibit is called New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War.

Many of us associate the northern states with safe havens for runaway slaves or we see the North as a migration point for slaves after emancipation. But, Brooklyn, New York had a high proportion of households with slaves. According to the curator of the exhibit, Richard Rabinowitz, “Brooklyn was deeply infused with slavery and slave-infused products." He also said that many New York farms had slaves because the work was too hard for Europeans. Mr. Rabinowtiz promised a great deal can be learned about slavery in New York from the exhibit. TO VIEW THE VIRTUAL EXHIBIT, VISIT http://www.nydivided.org/VirtualExhibit/