In the shadow of slavery : African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863 /

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Author / Creator:	Harris, Leslie M. (Leslie Maria), 1965-
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 380 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Historical studies of urban America Historical studies of urban America.
Subject:	African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. African Americans. Race relations. New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1775-1865. New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations -- History. New York (State) -- New York. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11216622

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ISBN:	9780226317755 0226317757 9780226317731 0226317730 1282659871 9781282659872 9786612659874 6612659874 0226317749 9780226317748
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-362) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"The black experience in the antebellum South has been thoroughly documented. But histories set in the North are few. In the Shadow of Slavery, then, is a big and ambitious book, one in which insights about race and class in New York City abound. Leslie Harris has masterfully brought more than two centuries of African American history back to life in this illuminating new work."--David Roediger, author of The Wages of WhitenessIn 1991 in lower Manhattan, a team of construction workers made an astonishing discovery. Just two blocks from City Hall, under twenty feet of asphalt, concrete
Other form:	Print version: Harris, Leslie M. (Leslie Maria), 1965- In the shadow of slavery. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003 9780226317748
Standard no.:	9780226317731

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