NYC's African Slaveowners
Subtitle: A Social & Material Hist. (Studies in African American History and Culture)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 1, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9780815315360
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; Black studies; Population & demography; Slavery & emancipation; Social history; U.S. History - Slavery Question And Abolitionism; New York; Blacks In The U.S.; Social Science; History - U.S.; Sociology; USA; New York (State); United States - State & Local - General; History / General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; African American slaveholders; History; Slavery
First sentence: The phenomenon of African slave ownership in colonial and early America began in 1651, merely three decades after the introductions of Africans as servants in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619.