Glossary

…y, New York originally consisted of six colonial towns: Brooklyn, Bushwick, Flatbush, Flatlands, Gravesend, and New Utrecht. During the 19th Century, as Brooklyn transformed from town to city, it absorbed some of the other towns. Manumission Legal process for enslaved Africans to purchase their own freedom or be emancipated by slaveholder. Mutual Aid Arrangements made between people of a community to assist each other. Propaganda A technique used…

US Department of Education Resources

…their students, grades 4-12; an original theater piece that premiered at the Irondale Theater in May of 2012; a new website; a public memorial in downtown Brooklyn to honor the anti-slavery movement in Brooklyn; walking tours of Brooklyn’s abolitionists’ and URR sites; and a series of public programs scheduled for the next five years. Legacy of Slavery in Maryland preserves and promotes experiences that have shaped the lives of Maryland’s A…