Slave Routes: Resistance, Abolition and Creative ProgressFrom the 1400s to the 1800s millions of Africans were forcefully removed from Africa and shipped across the Atlantic to the so called "New World". In 1808, the passage of the Transantlantic Slave Trade Act made transporting or importing slaves in the United States or its territories illegal. Slave Routes: Resistance, Abolition and Creative Progress was an international symposium held at New York University from October 9 11, 2008, to commemorate the