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Slavery in New York

Slavery in New York Softcover - 2005

by Ira Berlin; Leslie Harris (Editors)

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Published to accompany a major exhibit at the New-York Historical Society, this book demonstrates how slavery shaped the day-to-day experience of New Yorkers, black and white. Archival photos.

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NY: The New Press. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 403 pages. Edited by Ira Berlin, the Bancroft Prize–winning author of Many Thousands Gone, and Leslie Harris, Slavery in New York brings together twelve new contributions by leading historians of slavery and African American life in New York. Published to accompany a major exhibit at the New York Historical Society, the book demonstrates how slavery shaped the day-to-day experience of New Yorkers, black and white, and how, as a way of doing business, it propelled New York to become the commercial and financial power it is today. Powerfully illustrated with images from the New York Historical Society exhibit, Slavery and the Making of New York will be the definitive account of New York's slave past. Record # 381597
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  • Title Slavery in New York
  • Author Ira Berlin; Leslie Harris (Editors)
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 403
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher The New Press, NY
  • Date 2005-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 381597
  • ISBN 9781565849976 / 1565849973
  • Weight 2.15 lbs (0.98 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.96 x 7.94 x 1.25 in (20.22 x 20.17 x 3.18 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
    • Locality: New York, N.Y.
  • Library of Congress subjects New York (N.Y.) - History, New York (N.Y.) - Social life and customs
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005047987
  • Dewey Decimal Code 974.704

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  • Booklist, 10/15/2005, Page 23
  • Choice, 10/01/2006, Page 362
  • Ingram Advance, 10/01/2005, Page 173
  • Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/2005, Page 950
  • Library Journal, 10/01/2005, Page 92
  • New York Times, 03/19/2006, Page 13
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/05/2005, Page 49
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2006, Page 86

About the author

Ira Berlin is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland in College Park, where he lives. He is the author of Many Thousands Gone, Generations of Captivity, and Slaves Without Masters (The New Press). He co-edited Remembering Slavery (with Marc Favreau and Steven F. Miller), Families and Freedom (with Leslie S. Rowland), and Slavery in New York (with Leslie M. Harris), all published by The New Press. His books have won the Frederick Douglass Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the Abraham Lincoln Prize, among many other awards.

Leslie Harris is a professor of history at Emory University and is the author of In the Shadow of Slavery.

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