Root & Branch: African Americans in New York and East Jersey, 1613-1863University of North Carolina Press, 1999 - 413 páginas In this remarkable book, Graham Hodges presents a comprehensive history of African Americans in New York City and its rural environs from the arrival of the first African--a sailor marooned on Manhattan Island in 1613--to the bloody Draft Riots of 1863. Throughout, he explores the intertwined themes of freedom and servitude, city and countryside, and work, religion, and resistance that shaped black life in the region through two and a half centuries. Hodges chronicles the lives of the first free black settlers in the Dutch-ruled city, the gradual slide into enslavement after the British takeover, the fierce era of slavery, and the painfully slow process of emancipation. He pays particular attention to the black religious experience in all its complexity and to the vibrant slave culture that was shaped on the streets and in the taverns. Together, Hodges shows, these two potent forces helped fuel the long and arduous pilgrimage to liberty. |
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... farm . Au- thorities were more liberal to English farmers arriving in the 1670s . Settlers in Newark in Essex County , founded in 1675 , held freeholds of about one hundred acres . In the Monmouth Patent farms were more substantial ...
... farm . Au- thorities were more liberal to English farmers arriving in the 1670s . Settlers in Newark in Essex County , founded in 1675 , held freeholds of about one hundred acres . In the Monmouth Patent farms were more substantial ...
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... farm in several parcels to their children , who maintained the farm into the nineteenth century . The De Vries ( De Fries ) and Manuel families , owners of small truck and cattle farms , were among the second generation of free black ...
... farm in several parcels to their children , who maintained the farm into the nineteenth century . The De Vries ( De Fries ) and Manuel families , owners of small truck and cattle farms , were among the second generation of free black ...
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... farm , where Michael , Harry , and George worked in the fields . In the middle of the winter , " all hands are at work in the woods . " Van Brunce's farm presents a vision of unchanging , sea- sonal labor at low rates of pay.23 By mid ...
... farm , where Michael , Harry , and George worked in the fields . In the middle of the winter , " all hands are at work in the woods . " Van Brunce's farm presents a vision of unchanging , sea- sonal labor at low rates of pay.23 By mid ...
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The ThirtyYear Rebellion 17141741 | 69 |
Chapter 4 | 100 |
Chapter 5 | 139 |
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Root and Branch: African Americans in New York and East Jersey, 1613-1863 Graham Russell Gao Hodges Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
Root & Branch: African Americans in New York and East Jersey, 1613-1863 Graham Russell Hodges Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |
Root & Branch: African Americans in New York and East Jersey, 1613-1863 Graham Russell Hodges Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |
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To Make Our World Anew: Volume I: A History of African Americans to 1880 Robin D. G. Kelley,Earl Lewis Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
Becoming German: The 1709 Palatine Migration to New York Philip Otterness Vista previa limitada - 2004 |