9781565849976
Slavery in New York
Ira Berlin; Leslie M. Harris
ISBN 13: 9781565849976
Publisher: New Pr
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Softcover
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A history of slavery in New York City is told through contributions by leading historians of African-American life in New York and is published to coincide with a major exhibit, in an anthology that demonstrates how slavery shaped the city's everyday experiences and directly impacted its rise to a commercial and financial power.
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"[A] groundbreaking collection....Pertinent illustrations and over 30 sidebars throughout the text offer enriching sketches of the many people, places and events that figure in the essays."
Publishers Weekly, 09/05/2005
Review:"This book is rich in detail and it is important. It reveals layer upon layer of humdrum wickedness, and it shows how political doublespeak didn't begin with the Clear Skies Act: 'The Gradual Emancipation Law,' Ira Berlin and Leslie M. Harris write in their introduction, 'freed not a single New York slave.'"
Russell Shorto, New York Times Book Review, 03/19/2006
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Book Description: The New Press, United States, 2005. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 200 x 156 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. A definitive account of the hitherto hidden slave past of America's first city. "For much of the eighteenth century, New York City was second only to Charlestown, South Carolina, in its proportion of slaves in an urban population. It was a fact about New York that nearly always elicited comment from European visitors. "It rather hurts a European eye to see so many negro slaves upon the streets," one Scottish traveler complained."--from "Slavery in New York" The recent discovery of the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan reminded Americans that slavery in the United States was not merely a phenomenon of the antebellum South. In fact, for most of its history New York was a slave city. Edited by Ira Berlin, the Bancroft Prize-winning author of "Many Thousands Gone," and Leslie Harris, "Slavery in New York" brings together twelve new contributions by leading historians of slavery and African American life in New York. Published to accompany a major exhibit at the New-York Historical Society, the book demonstrates how slavery shaped the day-to-day experience of New Yorkers, black and white, and how, as a way of doing business, it propelled New York to become the commercial and financial power it is today. Powerfully illustrated with images from the New-York Historical Society exhibit, "Slavery in New York" will be the definitive account of New York's slave past. Bookseller Inventory # AAT9781565849976 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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