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In the Shadow of Slavery
Leslie M. Harris
其他書名
African Americans in New York City, 1626–1863
出版
University of Chicago Press
, 2023-11-29
主題
Social Science / Sociology / Urban
History / United States / General
History / Social History
ISBN
0226824861
9780226824864
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=KrbdEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
A new edition of a classic work revealing the little-known history of African Americans in New York City before Emancipation.
The popular understanding of the history of slavery in America almost entirely ignores the institution’s extensive reach in the North. But the cities of the North were built by—and became the home of—tens of thousands of enslaved African Americans, many of whom would continue to live there as free people after Emancipation.
In the Shadow of Slavery
reveals the history of African Americans in the nation’s largest metropolis, New York City. Leslie M. Harris draws on travel accounts, autobiographies, newspapers, literature, and organizational records to extend prior studies of racial discrimination. She traces the undeniable impact of African Americans on class distinctions, politics, and community formation by offering vivid portraits of the lives and aspirations of countless black New Yorkers. This new edition includes an afterword by the author addressing subsequent research and the ongoing arguments over how slavery and its legacy should be taught, memorialized, and acknowledged by governments.