In a rapidly changing New York, two forces battled for the city\'s soul: the pro-Slavery New Yorkers who kept the illegal slave trade alive and well, and the abolitionists fighting for freedom.
Not only was the city built on the backs of slaves; it was essential in keeping slave.
But even though Slavery had been outlawed in Gotham by the 1830s, Black New Yorkers were not safe.
We often think of Slavery as a southern phenomenon, far removed from the booming cities of the North.
In a rapidly changing New York, two forces battled for the city\'s soul: the pro-Slavery New Yorkers who kept the illegal slave trade alive and well, and the abolitionists fighting for freedom