Slavery in New York

Publication Data

• Title Slavery in New York
• Contributors Ira Berlin, Leslie M. Harris, New-York Historical Society
• Publisher New Press
• Publication date 2005
• Publication location New York, N.Y.
• Language English

Descriptive Notes

"Published in conjunction with the New-York Historical Society."

Contents

A world of possibilities : slavery and freedom in Dutch New Amsterdam / Christopher Moore
The tightening vise : slavery and freedom in British New York / Jill Lepore
Liberty and constraint : the limits of revolution / Graham Russell Gao Hodges
The long death of slavery / Patrick Rael
Black life in freedom : creating a popular culture / Shane White
Black life in freedom : creating an elite culture / Carla L. 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
Re-creating Black New York at century's end / Marcy S. Sacks.

Topics

• African Americans :: New York (State) :: New York :: History
• Slavery :: New York (State) :: New York :: History
• Antislavery movements :: New York (State) :: New York :: History
• Slaves :: Emancipation :: New York (State) :: New York
• Free African Americans :: New York (State) :: New York :: History
• African Americans :: New York (State) :: New York :: Social life and customs
• New York (N.Y.) :: History
• New York (N.Y.) :: Race relations
• New York (N.Y.) :: Social life and customs
• New York (N.Y.)

Slavery in New York. ISBN 1565849973. Published by New Press in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.