| Description |
1 online resource (225 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Early American places
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Early American places.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: a world of unfreedom -- Origins -- Deference and dependence -- Social worlds -- Laboring lives -- Appropriating institutions -- Afterword: the fall of the house of unfreedom. |
| Summary |
"In Unfreedom, Jared Ross Hardesty examines the lived experience of slaves in eighteenth-century Boston. Instead of relying on the traditional dichotomy of slavery and freedom, Hardesty argues we should understand slavery in Boston as part of a continuum of unfreedom. In this context, African slavery existed alongside many other forms of oppression, including Native American slavery, indentured servitude, apprenticeship, and pauper apprenticeship. In this hierarchical and inherently unfree world, enslaved Bostonians were more concerned with their everyday treatment and honor than with emancipation, as they pushed for autonomy, protected their families and communities, and demanded a place in society. Drawing on exhaustive research in colonial legal records -- including wills, court documents, and minutes of governmental bodies -- as well as newspapers, church records, and other contemporaneous sources, Hardesty masterfully reconstructs an eighteenth-century Atlantic world of unfreedom that stretched from Europe to Africa to America. By reassessing the lives of enslaved Bostonians as part of a social order structured by ties of dependence, Hardesty not only demonstrates how African slaves were able to decode their new homeland and shape the terms of their enslavement, but also tells the story of how marginalized peoples engrained themselves in the very fabric of colonial American society"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Slavery -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 18th century.
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Slavery. |
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Massachusetts -- Boston. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Enslaved persons -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 18th century.
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Enslaved persons. |
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Indentured servants -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 18th century.
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Indentured servants. |
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Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Boston (Mass.) -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1600-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hardesty, Jared. Unfreedom. New York : New York University Press, [2016] 9781479816149 (DLC) 2015043166 (OCoLC)926743443 |
| ISBN |
9781479869985 (electronic book) |
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1479869988 (electronic book) |
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9781479816149 (hardcover) |
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1479816140 (hardcover) |
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