ISBN:
0226317749
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9780226317755
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9780226317748
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9781282659872
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 380 p)
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ill., maps
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Historical studies of urban America
Parallel Title:
Print version In the Shadow of Slavery : African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863
DDC:
305.896/07307471/09
Keywords:
African Americans History
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African Americans ; New York (State) ; New York ; History
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New York (N.Y.) ; History ; 1775-1865
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New York (N.Y.) ; History ; Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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New York (N.Y.) ; Race relations ; History
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Electronic books
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New York (N.Y.) Race relations
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History
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New York (N.Y.) History 1775-1865
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New York (N.Y.) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Abstract:
"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 two centuries of African American history back to life in this illuminating new work."-David Roediger, author of The Wages of WhitenessIn 1991 in lower Manhattan, a team of construction workers made an astonishing discovery. Just two blocks from City Hall, under twenty feet of asphalt, concrete, and rubb
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Slavery in Colonial New York; 2. The Struggle against Slavery in Revolutionary and Early National New York; 3. Creating a Free Black Community in New York City during the Era of Emancipation; 4. Free but Unequal: The Limits of Emancipation; 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
Description / Table of Contents:
7. "Pressing Forward to Greater Perfection": Radical Abolitionists, Black Labor, and Black Working-Class Activism after 18408. "Rulers of the Five Points": Blacks, Irish Immigrants, and Amalgamation; 9. The Failures of the City; Postscript; Notes; Works Consulted; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-362) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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