ISBN:
9780226317755
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 380 p.)
,
Ill., maps.
Series Statement:
Historical studies of urban America
DDC:
305.8960730747109
Keywords:
Geschichte 1626-1863
;
Schwarze
;
African Americans History
;
New York, NY
;
New York (N History Colonial period, ca
;
New York (N History 1775-1865
;
New York (N Race relations
;
History
Abstract:
In 1991 in lower Manhattan construction workers discovered the remains of an 18th century 'Negro Burial Ground'. Closed in 1790 and covered over by later roads and buildings, the site turned out to be the largest such find in North America, containing the remains of as many as 20,000 African Americans. The graves revealed to New Yorkers and the nation an aspect of American history long hidden: the vast number of enslaved blacks who laboured to create America's largest city. 'In the Shadow of Slavery' lays bare this history of African Americans in New York City from 1626 to 1863.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.7208/chicago/9780226317755.001.0001/upso-9780226317748
URL:
http://chicago.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.7208/chicago/9780226317755.001.0001/upso-9780226317748
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