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
Main Author: Gigantino, James J., II, 1983-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Slavery > Legal status of slaves in free states.
Slavery.
Antislavery movements.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > New Jersey > Histoire.
Slavery > New Jersey > History.
Slavery > New Jersey > Legal status of slaves in free states > History.
Antislavery movements > New Jersey > History.
New Jersey.
New Jersey > Histoire > 1775-1865.
New Jersey > History > 1775-1865.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (368 pages).
ISBN:9780812290226

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