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Hartford Courant journalists Anne Farrow and Jenifer Frank re-examined the role slavery played in the North in a special report that the Connecticut Department of Education sent to every middle and high school in the state. Now, they’ve compiled a new book that reveals the often overlooked history of the North’s dependency on slavery, titled Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery.

Events:
Joel Lang, Jenifer Frank and Anne Farrow will be speaking on:
Tuesday, November 1 at 6:30 pm
New York Historical Society
170 Central Park West

Music: “Dry Your Tears, Afrika,” “Crossing The Atlantic” and “Cinque’s Theme” from the “Amistad” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack composed by John Williams, released by Dreamworks