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SLAVES IN THE CITY The exhibit “Slaves in New York” explores slavery in the beginning of the state’s history. At one time, 40% of the city’s households owned slaves. At the time of the American Revolution, there were more slaves in New York City than in any other city except Charleston, S.C. The exhibit includes paintings; newspapers; ledger books of slave voyages;ads for runaways; silver, furniture, and other objects made by enslaved people; manuscripts of the first abolition society, and the earliest paintings of black New Yorkers. Through March, 5, 2006, Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West at 77th Street, 212-873-3400, $10 general, $5 seniors, students, and teachers, free for children under 12 and members.
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