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Black Woman Artist Poses Nude at Former New York City Slave Trading Sites, Including Wall Street | Black Girl with Long Hair

6.7.15

Black Woman Artist Poses Nude at Former New York City Slave Trading Sites, Including Wall Street | Black Girl with Long Hair: “Slavery was introduced to Manhattan (then New Amsterdam) in 1626 and, for two centuries, remained a significant part of New York life. In fact, the New York City Common Council declared Wall Street the city’s first official slave market on December 13, 1711, deeming it a space where human beings could be enslaved for the day or for the week. The slave market took the shape of a wooden structure with open sides, and held approximately 50 people at a time. It operated as such, on the corner of Wall Street and Pearl Street in the heart of the Financial District, until 1762. Slavery was legally abolished in New York in 1827.”


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