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John Harris

John Harris is McDonald-Boswell Chair in History at Erskine College and the author of The Last Slave Ships: New York and the End of the Middle Passage. Follow him on Twitter: @drjohnaeharris.

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A daguerreotype of former slave Caesar taken in 1851 in Bethlehem, New York
Slavery

The Atlantic Slave Trade Continued Illegally in America Until the Civil War

'Cargo' was delivered to the southern states and the West Indies, but much of the shipping originated in New York City—in the abolitionist North.

Slave Ship diagram
Slavery

9 Facts About the Transatlantic Slave Trade

From the role of women to its global scope, here are some lesser-known facts about the transport and enslavement of African people.