1. Until recently, most textbooks linked slavery to the agrarian South and rarely mentioned
the existence of slavery in northern states. How can we explain why slavery was in fact
embedded in the economy of New York State?

2. How does the document illustrate the prominence of the "City and County of New York"
within New York State?

3. To a foreign observer, how would this document square with the ideals expressed in the
Declaration of Independence?
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