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‘Trace/s’ exhibit connects Brooklyn’s 150-year history of slavery to living relatives

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Feb. 3, 2025 By Lauren Rapp “Trace/s,” the Brooklyn Public Library’s newest exhibit, was unveiled last week in Downtown Brooklyn, connecting the legacy of slavery in the borough with its living descendants. “Slavery didn’t just happen in Brooklyn; it changed Brooklyn,” states one of the plaques on the exhibit walls. “Enslaved people in Brooklyn…