LISTEN: The Vital Records of Mr. George Rex, ‘The Last Slave’ (opens in new tab)

<figure><img width="1024" height="683" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thecity.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/george_rex.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="The Newtown, Queens death ledger documented the death of a former slave, Georgius Rex, in the late 1800s." decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thecity.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/george_rex.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/www.the...