SE 04 EP1 PART 2 - BLACKS ON WALL STREET: HOW BLACK PEOPLE HELPED BUILD WALL STREET AND NEW YORK

Part 2 of an exploration of Black neighborhoods and enclaves in antebellum New York City during the 19th century. It includes the final years of slavery and the unraveling of the institution as a stronghold on the economy of antebellum New York, due in part to the actions of anti-slavery activists and abolitionists; gradual emancipation and the beginning of the nearly 30 years it took for slavery to be abolished in the state of New York; how white ruling elites in New York worked to control Blacks as they transitioned from enslaved people to free men and women; the first schools established for Black people in New York and how Blacks used education (particularly the African Free Schools) to improve their circumstances. Guests include, ⁠Author, Historian and Northwestern University Professor, Leslie Harris⁠.