1) The 19th Century NYC Mayor who had headed the board running NYC jails and charitable institutions, who as a Free Soiler opposed the expansion of slavery, and who was one of West Harlem's most influential residents in his era: |
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3) At which NYC prison complex did the federal government hang the only American ever executed for slave trading on the high seas, Captain Nathaniel Gordon of Maine? |
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5) NYC DOC's ancester agency, the Alms House Dept. operated the jails and municipal charitable institutions. Which one did the 1863 draft riot mob burn, though its 230+ occupants were rescued, many being sheltered on Blackwell's Island? |
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7) What facility is named for DOC's first African-American warden? |
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9) A fourth African-American to serve in the role of NYC Correction Commissioner, albeit on an acting basis for three months: |
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2) The 19th Century NYC Mayor who had headed the board running NYC jails and charitable institutions, and who as anti-Free Soiler opposed Lincoln's Civil War policies but combatted a plot by Confederate terrorists to burn down the city: |
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4) Among the Union volunteers and conscripts who mustered in and trained on Hart Island and Rikers Island were how many U.S. Colored Troop regiments? |
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6) Name the first African-American to be appointed and serve as the Commissioner of Correction of the City of New York: |
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8) Jacqueline McMickens WASN'T the: |
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10) Gloria Lee WASN'T the: |
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