Liberty's chain : slavery, abolition, and the Jay family of New York /

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"This book studies the Jay family's relationship to the institution of slavery, to enslaved people, and to the abolitionist movement in New York and the United States from 1685 to 1912" --

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gellman, David Nathaniel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca ; London : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Jay family > History > 18th century.
Jay family > History > 19th century.
Jay family
1700-1899
Slavery > New York (State) > History > 18th century.
Slavery > New York (State) > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > New York (State) > History > 18th century.
Antislavery movements > New York (State) > History > 19th century.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > New York (État) > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > New York (État) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA).
Antislavery movements
Slavery
New York (State)
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Founding
  • Disruptions
  • Rising stars
  • Negotiations
  • Nation-building
  • Mastering paradox
  • Sharing the flame
  • Joining forces
  • A conservative on the inside
  • Breaking ranks
  • The condition of free people of color
  • Soul and nation
  • Uncompromised
  • Parting shots
  • Civil wars
  • Reconstructed
  • Epilogue: Reckoning.

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