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Clint Smith III on confronting the legacy of slavery

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The History of Slavery in the United States

i wanted to make sure that people understood, you know, if somebody, for example, reading this book is their entry point into the history of slavery in america. i didn't want to create a piece of work that, by excluding northern cities, made it seem as if the south was the only area engaged in this practice. People don't realize always that new york city was the second largest slave market in the country,. after charleston, south carolina, for an extended time. They don't realize that on the eve of the civil war, fernando wood, the mayor ofNew York City, suggested New York secede from the union alongside the confeder

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