For Adam's sake : a family saga in colonial New England Allegra di Bonaventura

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Di Bonaventura, Allegra.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hempstead, Joshua, 1678-1758.

Hempstead, Joshua.

Jackson, Adam, 1700-1764.

Jackson, Adam.

Slavery--Connecticut--New London--History--18th century.

Slavery.

Enslaved persons--Family relationships--Connecticut--New London--History--18th century.

Enslaved persons.

Slaveholders--Connecticut--New London--Biography.

Slaveholders.

Enslaved persons--Connecticut--New London--Biography.

New London (Conn.)--History--18th century.

New London (Conn.).

Connecticut--Church history--18th century.

Connecticut.

Connecticut--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Physical Description:

xviii, 441 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, A Division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]

Summary:

Uses the diary of an American colonial in pre-Revolutionary New England to discuss slavery, the family, and everyday life of the time period.

Contents:

"As in the Beginning of the World"

The Rogerenes

"Fore-runners of evil"

"Brought up in learning"

"Fornication among you"

"One flesh"

"She was taken away from me wrongfully"

"The ways of providence"

A Higher Court

"A pestilence into that land"

"Adam is come"

Bream Cove and beyond

"Their children's children"

"Adam worked all day"

"The wonderful work of God."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-416) and index.

ISBN:

9780871404305

0871404303

9780871407764

0871407760

OCLC:

783163420