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Slave Island

 

                

 

TJ Davis explores the hidden history of New York in this film. Discovery of a slave burial ground in Lower Manhattan, containing dozens of stacked human remains, changes the history of the city. As the discoveries reveal, slavery was not a peculiarly Southern phenomenon.

 

 

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Length: 50 min.
Country: UK
Language: English
Producer: Ian Potts
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Distributor:
BBC TV
Distributor Web site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history