CUNY: Slavery Databases Document More Than 150,000 Enslaved People in Cuba and Brazil, Opening Paths for Research
April 11, 2026
April 11, 2026
NEW YORK, April 11 -- The City University of New York Graduate Center issued the following news:
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New Slavery Databases Document More Than 150,000 Enslaved People in Cuba and Brazil, Opening Paths for Research
A decades-long project by Distinguished Professor Laird W. Bergad of the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies opens a major new archive on slavery and challenges long-held assumptions about its decline.
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New Slavery Databases Document More Than 150,000 Enslaved People in Cuba and Brazil, Opening Paths for Research
A decades-long project by Distinguished Professor Laird W. Bergad of the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies opens a major new archive on slavery and challenges long-held assumptions about its decline.
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