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The Duke of York Laws (1665-75). Including the 1665 English rule that no Christians can be held in slavery.
Legal history document of the Duke of Charter Laws were set in the New York colony with references to discriminatory laws against the colony's black population, such as the 1665 law of no Christians being held in slavery. -
The arrival and treatment of the Dutch's West India Company's enslaved Africans.
Simon Williamson's founded research on the arrival West India Company slaves, along with examples of enslaved black people buying their freedom and white colonists being punished for interacting with a black person during the Dutch Period. -
An explanations of the 1638 Dutch law forbidding WIC slaves from personal economic gain, as well as acts of immortality in New Amsterdam.
An explanation of a 1638 municipal law of New Amsterdam that forbids West India Company slaves from trading furs, or an opportunity of economic gain. Also defines acts of immortality in 1638 New Amsterdam and the connection of black people with immortality. -
Part 1 (pg 1-6) of The record of municipal laws affecting the activities and movements of the black population in 18th century British New York.
Essay of the different municipal laws that have directly affected the black population in New York during18th century British control. -
Part 2 (pg 7-12) of The record of municipal laws affecting the activities and movements of the black population in 18th century British New York.
Essay of the different municipal laws that have directly affected the black population in New York during18th century British control. -
Part 3 (pg 13-18) of The record of municipal laws affecting the activities and movements of the black population in 18th century British New York.
Essay of the different municipal laws that have directly affected the black population in New York during18th century British control. -
West India Company's laws extending protections towards the company's enslaved laborers.
Documentation of the West India Company's protection over what they referred to as "company property" in the Dutch colony. -
Slave Trade and the Broadway Market (Wall Street)
Documentation of black New Yorkers in public space in the 1700s. Mentions of the slave market, and the slave revolts of 1712 and 1741.