Paul Hortenstine
@pahorten.bsky.social
A new report reveals that a staggering number of New York City mayors were enslavers. 45 mayors were enslavers or investors in ships that took the enslaved.
nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/nycmayors
nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/nycmayors
Introduction - Northeast Slavery Record Index
New York City Mayors and Slavery By Paul Hortenstine ©2025 More enslaved people lived in New York City than any other town in North America for parts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and s...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A new report reveals that a staggering number of New York City mayors were enslavers. 45 mayors were enslavers or investors in ships that took the enslaved.
nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/nycmayors
nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/nycmayors