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Memory of the Slave Trade in New England
April 23, 2004
Beverly Morgan-Welch Museum of Afro-American History
John Wood Sweet University of North Carolina
Patrick Rael Bowdoin College
David W. Blight professor, American history, Yale University
Julie Saville University of Chicago

A panel discusses the way New England's pride in its abolitionist heritage has obscured the presence of slavery in the region for over 200 years, from its first founding to the institution's ultimate demise through schemes of gradual emancipation. Though New England's role in the conduct of the slave trade is perhaps better known, the recent compilation of data related to that trade makes this an auspicious time to examine new research in this area.

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