all Products History History United States

The Slow Death of Slavery in Dutch New York

Douma, Michael J.

Select Format

Print Book

Hardcover

Item Condition New

$65.99 USD $55.24 USD

$65.99 USD

~~$55.24 USD~~ $65.99 USD

Sale Sold out

Shipping calculated at checkout.

Quantity

View full details

Original and deeply researched, this book provides a new interpretation of Dutch American slavery which challenges many of the traditional assumptions about slavery in New York. With an emphasis on demography and economics, Michael J. Douma shows that slavery in eighteenth-century New York was mostly rural, heavily Dutch, and generally profitable through the cultivation of wheat. Slavery in Dutch New York ultimately died a political death in the nineteenth century, while resistance from enslaved persons, and a gradual turn against slavery in society and in the courts, encouraged its destruction. This important study will reshape the historiography of slavery in the American North.

Accessories:

No Accessory

Publisher

CAMBRIDGE

Bisac Major Subject

History

Bisac Minor Subject

United States - General

Binding Type

Hardcover

Country Of Origin

Number Of Units

Length

9.0 Inches

Barcode Indicator

EAN

Width

6.0 Inches

Publication Date

1970-01-01

Height

0.63 Inches

ISBN 10

100944137X

Weight

1.17 Pounds

Book EAN

9781009441377

Target Audiance

Adults

User reviews will be displayed here...

Item added to your cart

The Slow Death of Slavery in Dutch New York