New York and the Illegal Slave Trade During the Civil War Era
Hudson River Maritime Museum 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston, NYNew York was the last slaving port in the Americas. Long after Congress banned the trade, hundreds of ships were leaving the wharfs of Manhattan bound for the African coast. This talk, drawn from the author's new book, The Last Slave Ships (Yale University Press), describes who ran the trade and how, why law enforcement…