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2/3/19

Why Do Few People Know the History of Northern Slavery?

by Marc Howard Ross

How and why was the enslavement of tens of thousands of people in the region forgotten, and how and why has it recently been partially recovered?

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Why Do Few People Know the History of Northern Slavery?

by Marc Howard Ross