In the shadow of slavery : African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863 /
"The black experience in the antebellum South has been thoroughly documented. But histories set in the North are few. In the Shadow of Slavery, then, is a big and ambitious book, one in which insights about race and class in New York City abound. Leslie Harris has masterfully brought more than...
| Основен автор: | Harris, Leslie M. 1965- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2003.
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| Серия: |
Historical studies of urban America.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
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| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
In the shadow of slavery. |
Съдържание:
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- ch. 1.
- Slavery in colonial New York
- ch. 2.
- The struggle against slavery in Revolutionary and early national New York
- 3.
- Creating a free Black community in New York during the era of emancipation
- ch. 4.
- Free but unequal : the limits of emancipation
- ch. 5.
- Keeping body and soul together : charity workers and Black activism in post-emancipation New York City
- 6.
- The long shadow of Southern slavery : radical abolitionists and Black political activism against slavery and racism
- ch. 7.
- "Pressing forward to greater perfection" : radical abolitionists, Black labor, and Black working-class activism after 1840
- ch. 8. "Rulers of the Five Points" : Blacks, Irish immigrants, and amalgamation
- ch. 9.
- The failures of the city
- Postscript
- Notes
- Works consulted
- Index.