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How a Cuban Spy Sabotaged New York's Thriving, Illicit Slave Trade
Emilio Sanchez and the British government fought the lucrative business as American authorities looked the other way.
by
John Harris
via
Smithsonian Magazine
on
March 8, 2021
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The Last Slave Ships
: New York and the End of the Middle Passage
John Harris
2020
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Why Did the Slave Trade Survive So Long?
The history of the Atlantic slave trade after the American Revolution is a story of sustained efforts to suppress it even as demand for slaves increased.
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James Oakes
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New York Review of Books
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March 25, 2021
New York City and the Persistence of the Atlantic Slave Trade
Even after slave trade was banned, the United States and New York City, in particular, were complicit in allowing it to persist.
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Gerald Horne
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February 24, 2021
The Remarkable Summer That Produced Three Future Presidents — and Modern America
A 66-day stretch in 1946 produced Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton — and the baby boom itself.
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Philip Bump
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June 16, 2026
Wanted: An End to Police Terror
The pursuit of justice has been defined by a rote binary of punished in a cage versus unpunished and free.
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Stuart Schrader
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June 9, 2020
