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-
Edition:	Paperback ed.
Imprint:	Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2004, c2003.
Description:	380 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
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
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7707964

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ISBN:	0226317749 (cloth) 9780226317731 (pbk.) 0226317730 (pbk.)
Notes:	Originally published: 2003. 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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