| Description |
vi, 403 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"Published in conjuncture with the New-York Historical Society." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-381) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: uncovering, discovering, and recovering: digging in New York's slave past beyond the African burial ground / Ira Berlin, Leslie M. Harris -- World of possibilities : slavery and freedom in Dutch New Amsterdam / Christopher Moore -- Tightening vise : slavery and freedom in British New York / Jill Lepore -- Liberty and constraint : the limits of revolution / Graham Hodges -- Long death of slavery / Patrick Rael -- Black life in freedom : creating a popular culture / Shane White -- Black life in freedom : creating elite culture / Carla Peterson -- Black life in freedom : creating a civic culture / Craig Steven Wilder -- Black abolitionism : the assault on southern slavery and the struggle for racial equality / Manisha Sinha -- Southern slavery in a free city : economy, politics, and culture / David Quigley -- Securing freedom : the challenges of Black life in Civil War New York / Iver Bernstein -- Recreating Black New York at century's end / Marcy Sacks. |
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African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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African Americans. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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History. |
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Slavery -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Slavery. |
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Antislavery movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Antislavery movements. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- British colonies. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- French colonies. |
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Free African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Free African Americans. |
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African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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New York (N.Y.) -- History.
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National Book Committee. |
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New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
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| Added Author |
Berlin, Ira, 1941-2018.
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Harris, Leslie M. (Leslie Maria), 1965-
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| ISBN |
1565849973 paperback |
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