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Author Gigantino, James J., II, 1983-

Title The ragged road to abolition : slavery and freedom in New Jersey, 1775-1865 / James J. Gigantino II.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
©2015
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Online ebook via De Gruyter. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff.

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (368 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Debating Abolition in an Age of Revolution -- Chapter 2. Sustaining Slavery in an Age of Freedom -- Chapter 3. Abolishing Slavery in the New Nation -- Chapter 4. Not Quite Free -- Chapter 5. Slavery, Freedom, and Citizenship in the New Republic -- Chapter 6. Slavery in Motion -- Chapter 7. Colonization and Gradualism's Persistence -- Chapter 8. Creating a Free Life -- Chapter 9. Debating Slavery's End -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Summary James J. Gigantino II shatters the easy dichotomy between free and slave states in early America. The Ragged Road to Abolition illustrates how slavery in New Jersey persisted until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment and reveals the myriad ways this marginalized the state's free blacks.
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Language English.
Subject Antislavery movements -- New Jersey -- History.
Antislavery movements.
New Jersey.
History.
Slavery -- New Jersey -- Legal status of slaves in free states -- History.
Slavery.
Slavery -- New Jersey -- History.
New Jersey -- History -- 1775-1865.
Chronological Term 1775-1865
Subject Slavery -- Legal status of enslaved persons in free states.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: 0812246497 (DLC) 2014012275
ISBN 9780812290226 (electronic book)
0812290224 (electronic book)
132251271X (e-book)
9781322512716 (e-book)
0812246497
9780812246490
9780812246490 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)

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