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Author Nash, Gary B.

Title Freedom by degrees : emancipation in Pennsylvania and its aftermath / Gary B. Nash, Jean R. Soderlund.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 249 pages) : illustrations, map
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-236) and index.
Summary A study which depicts how slavery in the USA ended within a single generation at the end of the 18th century, in the important colony/state of Pennsylvania.
Contents Introduction; 1. Slavery in the "Best Poor Man's Country"; 2. The First Emancipators; 3. Slavery and Abolition in the Revolutionary Era; 4. Dismantling Slavery: Institutions; 5. Dismantling Slavery: People; 6. After Freedom; 7. The Legacy of Antislavery Reform; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
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Subject Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Pennsylvania.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation.
Pennsylvania.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- British colonies.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- French colonies.
Slavery -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century.
Slavery.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century.
African Americans.
Chronological Term 1600-1865
Indexed Term Slavery Abolition History
Pennsylvania
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Soderlund, Jean R., 1947-
Other Form: Print version: Nash, Gary B. Freedom by degrees. New York : Oxford University Press, 1991 (DLC) 90038380
ISBN 1601296339
9781601296337
9780198021476 (electronic book)
019802147X (electronic book)
1280439726
9781280439728
0195045831 (Cloth)
9780195045833