In the shadow of slavery : African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863 / Leslie M. Harris.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Historical studies of urban America.
Main Author: Harris, Leslie M. (Leslie Maria), 1965-
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Series:Historical studies of urban America.
Subjects:
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > History.
New York (N.Y.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1775-1865.
New York (N.Y.) > Race relations > History.
Physical Description:xii, 380 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Slavery in colonial New York
  • The struggle against slavery in Revolutionary and early national New York
  • Creating a free Black community in New York during the era of emancipation
  • Free but unequal : the limits of emancipation
  • Keeping body and soul together : charity workers and Black activism in post-emancipation New York City
  • The long shadow of Southern slavery : radical abolitionists and Black political activism against slavery and racism
  • "Pressing forward to greater perfection" : radical abolitionists, Black labor, and Black working-class activism after 1840
  • "Rulers of the Five Points" : Blacks, Irish immigrants, and amalgamation
  • The failures of the city.