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INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION
GRADUAL EMANCIPATIONGRADUAL EMANCIPATION
In Pursuit of Freedom explores Brooklyn’s anti-slavery movement from the end of the American Revolution to the early days of Reconstruction through photographs, census records, anti-slavery and local newspapers, maps and more.
ABOLITIONIST BROOKLYNABOLITIONIST BROOKLYN
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CIVIL WAR YEARSCIVIL WAR YEARS
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