Slave Island
Subtitle: New York's hidden history
By: a BBC TLC co-production ; produced & filmed by Ian Potts
Contributors: Richards, Julian; Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm); BBC Learning (Firm); British Broadcasting Corporation; Learning Channel (Firm)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences; BBC Learning
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ; [England]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 49
Subjects: Slavery; History; African Americans; Excavations (Archaeology); Cemeteries; Race relations
Description: Examines the excavation of an 18th century slave cemetery in downtown Manhattan. Scholars and leading experts conduct archaeological and forensic analyses of the remains of nearly 400 African Americans slaves who were forced to serve either the Dutch West India Company or English masters. Uses dramatic reenactments, early maps, and documents from slave traders to piece together the history of slavery in the city of New York.
Notes: Film editors, Pat Butler, Francis Buchanan.

Presenter, Julian Richards.

Originally broadcast as a BBCW production.

DVD.