According to today's (Wednesday, December 21) The Wall Street Journal's 
OpinionJournal.com, "In the mid-18th century, one in five New Yorkers was a 
chattel."

The article continues, "The largest exhibit in the 201-year history of the 
New-York Historical Society, "Slavery in New York" was prepared by a 
distinguished team of historians headed by James Oliver Horton, Benjamin Banneker 
Professor of History and American Studies at George Washington University, and 
supported by 17 "scholarly advisors" including such luminaries as Columbia 
University's Eric Foner and Yale's David Blight. It is accompanied by a handsome 
companion volume, also titled "Slavery in New York," edited by historians Ira Berlin 
and Leslie M. Harris."

For the complete article, "Slaves and the City", please go to:

<http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110007707>


I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.

Chag Sameach* Chanukah,

Walter Greenspan
Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY

* KHAHG sah-MEHY-ahkh = A Joyous Holiday

The 8-day rabbinic Festival of Chanukah begins Sunday night, December 25.