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As a result, a number of key aspects of American society, such as national unity, political and economic policy, and regionalism, were influenced. The North and the South were at odds over economic interests, social values, and slavery in the early and mid-nineteenth centuries. These divisions in American politics became a defining feature, and their
Boston is a cradle of American history, and 4 million people a year visit the historic churches, graveyards and parks that make up the Freedom Trail to learn more about the country’s origins. But rarely do they hear the underbelly of that story: that slavery touched nearly every aspect of the society and the economy of Massachusetts during that period of time. But that is now
This despite that in America, you travel as a U.S. citizen, not as a citizen of, say, Kentucky.
Boston's historic ties to slavery have long been known, but rarely discussed.
"We live in a country where slavery is still legal. Every American is a slave catcher." Michael Harriot takes a deep dive into the fugitive slave clause in the U.S. Constitution that instructed white Americans to become slave catchers whether they owned slaves or not.