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Rosalyn Elder has written an extensive history of African-Americans in New England. During this fast-paced interview, she talks of slavery and liberation, of antagonism and support, with several surprises thrown in. Elder also talks about the current racial situation. Vermont was the fist state to outlaw slavery. Maine never had slavery, and Massachusetts didn't officially outlaw it, but the Supreme Judicial Court effectively ended it. Although New England was strongly anti-slavery, they profited off it.
