Slavery in New York
By: edited by Ira Berlin and Leslie Harris.
Contributors: Berlin, Ira, 1941-; Harris, Leslie M. 1965-
Publisher: New Press; Distributed by W.W. Norton
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
Subjects: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-381) and index.
"Published in conjuncture with the New-York Historical Society."
Table of contents: title: A world of possibilities : slavery and freedom in Dutch New Amsterdam / Christopher Moore; title: The tightening vise : slavery and freedom in British New York / Jill Lepore; title: Liberty and constraint : the limits of revolution / Graham Hodges; title: The long death of slavery / Patrick Rael; title: Black life in freedom : creating a popular culture / Shane White; title: Black life in freedom : creating elite culture / Carla Peterson; title: Black life in freedom : creating a civic culture / Craig Steven Wilder; title: Black abolitionism : the assault on southern slavery and the struggle for racial equality / Manisha Sinha; title: Southern slavery in a free city : economy, politics, and culture / David Quigley; title: Securing freedom : the challenges of Black life in Civil War New York / Iver Bernstein; title: Recreating Black New York at century's end / Marcy Sacks.