New York's whole economy was built on the cotton industry. New York was in every sense a slave city. |
This is a much more qualitative way of knowing who's coming to the museum. We really wanted to let people talk and think through things. We wanted people to frame a meaning for this as they leave. |
We all grew up with images of 'Gone With the Wind' and we thought slavery was a Southern institution, but for 200 years slavery was a dominant force in New York. |