The city will be taking on a project to make the historical records of thousands of formerly enslaved New Yorkers who lived in the five boroughs.
The city will be taking on a project to make the historical records of thousands of formerly enslaved New Yorkers who lived in the five boroughs when the practice of slavery was legal here accessible to the public, and the team is looking for volunteers to help, Mayor Adams announced Thursday.
“We cannot build a better, brighter future without first acknowledging and accepting our past,” said Mayor Adams. “This ambitious project allows everyday New Yorkers to understand the history of enslaved people who shaped our city into what it is today. For too long, enslaved people were forgotten and lost to the past. Today, with projects like this, we shed a light on their story, learn their names, and ensure that time does not leave them behind again.
The Municipal Archives — a division within DORIS — which preserves and makes available city government records dating from 1636 to the present, has currently identified and digitized nine volumes of records from towns in Brooklyn, Queens, and Westchester counties, dating from 1660 to 1838. The documents include birth certificates naming enslaved children and documents that granted enslaved individuals their freedom.
The transcribed data will be easily searchable and will help researchers, as well as the general public, locate and view records of thousands of formerly enslaved New Yorkers who lived in New York City that would otherwise be difficult to trace.
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