Slavery Persevered For Years in the North, Despite Being Abolished

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner discusses slavery in the Northern states, which lived on legally and commercially despite being abolished after the American Revolution. In Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad. Foner describes how slaves could be found in the streets of New York well after abolition, traveling with owners doing business with the city's major banks, merchants, and manufacturers. Foner has also just released an abridged and updated edition of A Short History of Reconstruction, his prize-winning work on the post-Civil War period.