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RENSSELAER, N.Y. (AP) — A new exhibit at a state historic site near Albany tells the story of the extensive slave trade that existed when New York was a Dutch colony. Many of the slaves brought upstate were owned by the wealthy Dutch families who had vast land holdings in the Albany area.

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