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edited by Ira Berlin and Leslie M. HarrisPublication Details
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Edited by Ira Berlin, the Bancroft Prize-winning author of Many Thousands Gone, and Leslie Harris, Slavery in New York brings together twelve new contributions by leading historians of slavery and African American life in New York. Published to accompany a major exhibit at the New-York Historical Society, the book demonstrates how slavery shaped the day-to-day experience of New Yorkers, black and white, and how, as a way of doing business, it propelled New York to become the commercial and financial power it is today. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- African Americans — New York (State) — New York — History
- Slavery — New York (State) — New York — History
- Antislavery movements — New York (State) — New York — History
- Slaves — Emancipation — New York (State) — New York
- Free African Americans — New York (State) — New York — History
- African Americans — New York (State) — New York — Social life and customs
- New York (N.Y.) — History
- New York (N.Y.) — Race relations
- New York (N.Y.) — Social life and customs
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- "Published in conjunction with the New-York Historical Society."
- "Published to accompany a major exhibition at the New-York Historical Society, Slavery in New York demonstrates how slavery powerfully shaped the day-to-day experience of New Yorkers, black and white, and propelled the city’s development as a center of finance and commerce. A comprehensive guide to this little-known history, Slavery in New York, like the exhibition, honors African Americans who, despite the hardships and injustices of slavery, made important contributions to our cultural and intellectual life. The book offers both a fascinating account of slavery’s long and significant relationship to the city’s economy and society, and specific vignettes of the people and places that played key roles in this story. With contributions by leading historians and movingly illustrated with images from the New-York Historical Society collection, this book is an indispensable addition to the story of slavery in the United States."–BOOK JACKET
Contents
- Introduction : uncovering, discovering, and recovering : digging in New York’s slave past beyond the African burial ground / Ira Berlin and Leslie M. Harris
- Ch. 1. A world of possibilities : slavery and freedom in Dutch New Amsterdam / Christopher Moore
- Ch. 2. The tightening vise : slavery and freedom in British New York / Jill Lepore
- Ch. 3. Liberty and constraint : the limits of revolution / Graham Russell Gao Hodges
- Ch. 4. The long death of slavery / Patrick Rael
- Ch. 5. Black life in freedom : creating a popular culture / Shane White
- Ch. 6. Black life in freedom : creating an elite culture / Carla L. Peterson
- Ch. 7. Black life in freedom : creating a civic culture / Craig Steven Wilder
- Ch. 8. Black abolitionism : the assault on southern slavery and the struggle for racial equality / Manisha Sinha
- Ch. 9. Southern slavery in a free city : economy, politics, and culture / David Quigley
- Ch. 10. Securing freedom : the challenges of black life in Civil War New York / Iver Bernstein
- Ch. 11. Re-creating black New York at century’s end / Marcy S. Sacks
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- 1565849973
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