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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Harris, Leslie M. (Leslie Maria), 1965-
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Description:	xii, 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	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:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library's copy 2 has original dustjacket.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4807987

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ISBN:	0226317749 (cloth)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-362) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Slavery in Colonial New York
Chapter 2. The Struggle against Slavery in Revolutionary and Early National New York
Chapter 3. Creating a Free Black Community in New York City during the Era of Emancipation
Chapter 4. Free but Unequal: The Limits of Emancipation
Chapter 5. Keeping Body and Soul Together: Charity Workers and Black Activism in Post-emancipation New York City
Chapter 6. The Long Shadow of Southern Slavery: Radical Abolitionists and Black Political Activism against Slavery and Racism
Chapter 7. "Pressing Forward to Greater Perfection": Radical Abolitionists, Black Labor, and Black Working-Class Activism after 1840
Chapter 8. "Rulers of the Five Points": Blacks, Irish Immigrants, and Amalgamation
Chapter 9. The Failures of the City
Postscript
Notes
Works Consulted
Index

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