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The ragged road to abolition : slavery and freedom in New Jersey, 1775-1865 James J. Gigantino II
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 445 .N54 G54 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gigantino, James J., II, 1983-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--New Jersey--History.
- Slavery.
- Slavery--New Jersey--Legal status of slaves in free states--History.
- Antislavery movements--New Jersey--History.
- Antislavery movements.
- New Jersey--History--1775-1865.
- New Jersey.
- Physical Description:
- 359 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2015.
- Contents:
- Debating Abolition in an Age of Revolution
- Sustaining Slavery in an Age of Freedom
- Abolishing Slavery in the New Nation
- Not Quite Free
- Slavery, Freedom, and Citizenship in the New Republic
- Slavery in Motion
- Colonization and Gradualism's Persistence
- Creating a Free Life
- Debating Slavery's End.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-335) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812246490 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0812246497 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 876466695
- Publisher Number:
- 40024209714
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