![]() The Kidnapping Club carefully documents how the slave trade lived on in two complementary forms. Slavery was abolished in New York State in 1827, but the slave trade lived on in the city until the Civil War. By recalling a truly painful era of the city’s history, it clarifies a deeper, structural problem that continues to haunt city life today. ![]() Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil WarĪll New Yorkers need to read this book. “ City police, leading lawyers and judges), with the support of the growing Irish immigrant community, colluded with organized slave catchers.” Northern free Blacks as well as self-liberated former slaves lived in fear of being kidnapped by organized slave catchers in New York City. ![]()
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