In the Shadow of Slavery : African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863 / Leslie M. Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Leslie M., Author.

Contributor:

Harris, Leslie M., Contributor.

Series:

Historical Studies of Urban America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--New York (State)--New York--History.

African Americans.

New York (N.Y.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--History--1775-1865.

New York (N.Y.)--Race relations--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.) : 31 halftones

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

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

Afterword (2023)

Notes

Works Consulted

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2024)

ISBN:

0-226-82486-1