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Episode 1: Slavery has deep roots in New England

Adrienne Joy Burns interviewed at New Haven Museum. Unforgotten: ϳԹ's Hidden History of Slavery. Still Image. Overview.
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Adrienne Joy Burns interviewed at New Haven Museum. Unforgotten: ϳԹ's Hidden History of Slavery. Still Image. Overview.

When we think of slavery in the United States, we don’t usually think of the North. But enslaving people was legal in ϳԹ for more than 200 years and did not officially end until 1848. In our first episode, Reporter/Producer Diane Orson and Editorial Consultant and Curator dive into complicated questions: Who owns this history? Who should present it? In what ways was this history hidden?

There’s a deeply-rooted perception that the North was home to the “good guys,” the abolitionists. The truth is far different. Hear from people who are shedding light on this history and why it matters.

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This podcast was produced by Cassandra Basler.

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Diane Orson is a special correspondent with ϳԹ. She is a longtime reporter and contributor to National Public Radio. Her stories have been heard on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Here and Now; and The World from PRX. She spent seven years as CT Public Radio's local host for Morning Edition.