Presents a comprehensive history of slavery in New York prior to and during the American Revolution, and examines their relationship to the city's economic and social growth.
General Note
"Published in conjunction with the New-York Historical Society.".
Content Note
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 Hodges -- The long death of slavery / Patrick Rael -- Black life in freedom : creating a popular culture / Shane White -- Black life in freedom : creating elite culture / Carla 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 -- Recreating Black New York at century's end / Marcy Sacks.