Abolition in New York State | Secrets of the Dead

Learn about the abolition of Slavery in New York State in this video from The Woman in the Iron Coffin | Secrets of the Dead.  In this resource, students explore the slow process of emancipation in New York, abolition in 1827, the vexed nature of freedom after the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and the African American communities of Weeksville and Seneca Village.

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