The ragged road to abolition : slavery and freedom in New Jersey, 1775-1865 /

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James J. Gigantino II shatters the easy dichotomy between free and slave states in early America. The Ragged Road to Abolition illustrates how slavery in New Jersey persisted until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment and reveals the myriad ways this marginalized the state's free blacks...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gigantino, James J., II, 1983-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Ã2014.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
1775-1865
Antislavery movements > New Jersey > History.
Slavery > New Jersey > Legal status of slaves in free states > History.
Slavery > New Jersey > History.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > New Jersey > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Antislavery movements
Slavery
Slavery > Legal status of enslaved persons in free states
New Jersey > History > 1775-1865.
New Jersey > Histoire > 1775-1865.
New Jersey
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Debating Abolition in an Age of Revolution
  • Chapter 2. Sustaining Slavery in an Age of Freedom
  • Chapter 3. Abolishing Slavery in the New Nation
  • Chapter 4. Not Quite Free
  • Chapter 5. Slavery, Freedom, and Citizenship in the New Republic
  • Chapter 6. Slavery in Motion
  • Chapter 7. Colonization and Gradualism's Persistence
  • Chapter 8. Creating a Free Life
  • Chapter 9. Debating Slavery's End
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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