Videos | Search Patch Archive http://bed-stuy.patch.com/articles/another-very-good-reason-to-celebrate-july-4th-in-new-york/media_attachments/edit?upload_started=1349266426 asset[new_asset_attachment_attributes][to_id] 966124 asset[new_asset_attachment_attributes][to_type] Article article[new_asset_attachment_attributes][user_id] new_asset_attachment_attributes Today, July 4 th , Independence Day, commemorates the U.S. adoption of the Declaration of Independence from British rule in 1776. However, in New York, its population of slaves would not experience their own true freedom (from indentured servitude) for another