There is an idea that in the 19th century, enslaved people only existed in the south... Of course, that was not the case. The founding basis of this country, the social, political, cultural context of this country, is slavery.
Dutch and British farmers were willing to hold onto that agrarian economy so much longer. And of course, they needed unfree [enslaved] laborers to do that work.
Slavery in Brooklyn slowly began to fade with the Gradual Emancipation Law of 1799, and on July 4, 1827, slavery officially ended across New York State.
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