Rikers Island - description
Mapping the African American Past (MAAP) - A podcast by Columbia University
Categories:
Rikers Island On March 5, 1864, a crowd of over 10,000 New Yorkers watched in awe as 1,000 well-disciplined Union army troops left Rikers Island and marched west to the Hudson River, their dark blue uniforms and crisp white gloves and white leggings glistening in the sunlight.
