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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Gigantino, James J., II, 1983-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Ã2014.
Édition:1st ed.
Sujets:
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
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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