Students Transcribe Rare Long Island Slavery Document
Students in professor Douglas Pfeiffer’s EGL 494 course, “English Honors Practicum: Research” recently transcribed a rare manuscript, documenting slavery on Long Island in 1798. The contract, for the sale of a “Negro lad by the name of Jack” in Southampton, Long Island, New York, is dated March 21, 1798. “Jack,” aged 17
Kristen Nyitray
October 8, 2015