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Nicholas Boston

Nicholas Boston is an associate professor of media sociology​ at Lehman College, the City University of New York​.

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Leg irons once used on enslaved people on display at the Kura Hulanda Museum on the Caribbean island of Curaçao.

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How the Trans‑Atlantic Slave Trade Created the African Diaspora

The forced transport of enslaved people from Africa led to populations of Black people throughout North and South America and other parts of the world.

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