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Somewhat More Independent: The End of Slavery in New York City, 1770-1810

by Shane White

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Shane White creatively uses a remarkable array of primary sources-census data, tax lists, city directories, diaries, newspapers and magazines, and courtroom testimony-to reconstruct the content and context of the slave's world in New York and its environs during the revolutionary and early republic periods. White explores, among many things, the demography of slavery, the decline of the institution during and after the Revolution, racial attitudes, acculturation, and free blacks' "creative show more adaptation to an often hostile world." show less

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Shane White is Professor of History at the University of Sydney.

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Important places: New York, New York, USA

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Genres: History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 974.7 — History & geography History of North America Northeastern United States (New England and Middle Atlantic states) New York
LCC: F128.44 .W54 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history New York
BISAC: HIS HISTORY United States Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
SOC SOCIAL SCIENCE Slavery

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Published: 1991
Genres: History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 974.7
LCC: F128.44 .W54

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