Chenjerai takes us back to the summer of 1835, when Black New Yorkers are being kidnapped and sold into slavery in the south. But their friends and families can’t call the cops, because it turns out the kidnappers are the cops…can a group of Black resistance fighters stop it?
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Voices & References:
Mariame Kaba: https://mariamekaba.com/
Jon Wells: https://www.jonathandanielwells.com/
Wilbur Miller: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/history/people/_emeriti/miller.php
The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War: https://www.amazon.com/Kidnapping-Club-Street-Slavery-Resistance/dp/156858752X
The Congress of Racial Equality: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/congress-racial-equality-core
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