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Bound by bondage : slavery and the creation of a northern gentry /

"This book traces several elite Anglo-Dutch families back to the founding generations of the Northeastern colonies and follows their growth to the eve of the American Revolutionary War, showing how family power, racial views of mastery, and slaveholding linked a divided Northeast. Examining gov...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maskiell, Nicole Saffold, 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Colección:New Netherland Institute Studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"This book traces several elite Anglo-Dutch families back to the founding generations of the Northeastern colonies and follows their growth to the eve of the American Revolutionary War, showing how family power, racial views of mastery, and slaveholding linked a divided Northeast. Examining government documents, runaway slave ads, and letters in both Dutch and English, Maskiell foregrounds the gaze of such captive peoples and argues for a reevaluation of the legacies and narratives of the Northeastern elites who held them in bondage"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 294 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781501764264
1501764268
9781501764257
150176425X