There’s a startlng occupation listed in entry 983 of the death ledger for the town of Newtown, Queens covering the years 1881-1897: “The Last Slave.” Department of Records Associate Commissioner Kenneth Cobb and Research Associate Marcia Kirk visited Lit NYC to explain how the Municipal Archives found that entry, what they’ve learned since then about […]

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