As I learned from reading Bob Furman’s Brooklyn Heights: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of America’s First Suburb, in 1790 one third of Brooklyn’s population, which was then 4,500, was slaves. Tomorrow (Thursday, February 4) evening, starting at 6:30, the Brooklyn Historical Society will present a panel discussion, “Why New York? Slavery on Long Island”, […]
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Coming Up At Brooklyn Historical Society
By Claude Scales on February 3, 2016 7:42 pm in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Events, Fun, History
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