Bylines

Jonathan Daniel Wells

All Articles Related to This Author

Viewing 1–2 of 2 written by Jonathan Daniel Wells

New York

The So-Called 'Kidnapping Club' Featured Cops Selling Free Black New Yorkers Into Slavery

Outright racism met financial opportunity when men like Isiah Rynders accrued wealth through legal, but nefarious, means.

by Jonathan Daniel Wells via Smithsonian on October 14, 2020

Lithograph of a New York City street in 1830, bustling with pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages.

The Black New Yorker Who Led the Charge Against Police Violence in the 1830s

David Ruggles' fight against the "kidnapping club" in the 1830s shows that police violence has been part of America's DNA from its earliest days.

by Jonathan Daniel Wells via TIME on June 17, 2020

brought to you by

© Bunk History