Disowning slavery : gradual emancipation and "race" in New England, 1780-1860 /

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Following the abolition of slavery in New England, white citizens seemed to forget that it had ever existed there. Drawing on a wide array of primary sources--from slaveowners' diaries to children's daybooks to racist broadsides--Joanne Pope Melish reveals not only how northern society cha...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Melish, Joanne Pope (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
1700-1899
Antislavery movements > New England > History > 18th century.
Antislavery movements > New England > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > New England > History > 18th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > New England > History > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > New England > History > 18th century.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > New England > History > 19th century.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains > Droits > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Noirs américains > Droits > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Esclaves > Affranchissement > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Esclaves > Affranchissement > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Antislavery movements.
Race relations.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation.
Abschaffung
Rassismus
Sklaverei
Slavernij.
Abolitionisme.
Vrijlating.
Rassenverhoudingen.
Geschichte 1780-1860.
New England > Race relations.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Relations raciales.
New England.
Neuengland
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • New England slavery. "Short of the truth": Slavery in the lives of whites. Another truth: enslavement in the lives of people of color
  • The antislavery impulse. To "clear our spirits": Whites' expectations of freedom from slavery. The "privilage of freemen": Blacks' expectations of freedom from slavery
  • "Slaves of the community": gradual emancipation in practice
  • A "Negro spirit": em-bodying difference
  • "To abolish the Black man": enacting the antislavery promise
  • "A thing unknown": the free white republic as New England writ large
  • "We are the alphabet": free people of color and the discourse of "race."

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