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Liberty's Chain : Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York /

"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" --

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Gellman, David Nathaniel (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca, [New York] : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.