Barbados, Emory, Harvard, Rice, USC And Others Join Forces To Advance The Study Of Transatlantic Slavery

The University of the West Indies has joined with Emory, Harvard, Rice, University of California, the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Harlem World Magazine. (You can unsubscribe anytime)Constant Contact…

Commemoration Of Slavery’s End In New York State Being Planned

The Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State has announced the formation of a statewide committee to begin planning for the bicentennial of the legal abolition of slavery in New York. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Harlem…

The Voices Of Slavery, Audio Interviews With Formerly Enslaved Americans (1932-75)

“During the last three decades of legal slavery in America,” writes Lucinda MacKethan at the National Humanities Center, “African American writers perfected one of the nation’s first truly indigenous genres of written literature: the North American slave narrative.” Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I…

Harlem’s Columbia University Grapples With Its Ties To Slavery

The New York Times reports that in 1755 a New York City newspaper carried an account of the swearing-in of the governors of the newly founded King’s College, which later grew into Columbia University. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to…

‘Thomas Jefferson, Slavery, And Race’ Talk In Harlem

In this groundbreaking work, Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination, Annette Gordon-Reed teams up with America’s leading Jefferson scholar, Peter S. Onuf, to analyze Thomas Jefferson’s vision of himself, the American Revolution, Christianity, slavery, and race. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe…

Thomas L. Jennings: Harlem’s First Black Patent-Holder And Abyssinian Church Founder, 1791-1859

Thomas L. Jennings, 1791 – February 12, 1859, was a Harlem inventor, tradesman, entrepreneur, and abolitionist founded and was a trustee of the Abyssinian Baptist Church. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Harlem World Magazine. (You can unsubscribe anytime)Constant…

Rodney Leon To Serve As Special Advisor To Team Leading Harlem African Burial Ground Community Engagement

Bridge Philanthropic Consulting, selected by The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the Harlem African Burial Ground Initiative (HABGI) to lead community engagement. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Harlem World Magazine. (You can unsubscribe…