Emancipating New York: The Politics of Slavery and Freedom, 1777-1827

Emancipating New York: The Politics of Slavery and Freedom, 1777-1827

by David N. Gellman
ISBN-10:
080713368X
ISBN-13:
9780807133682
Pub. Date:
08/01/2008
Publisher:
Louisiana State University Press
ISBN-10:
080713368X
ISBN-13:
9780807133682
Pub. Date:
08/01/2008
Publisher:
Louisiana State University Press
Emancipating New York: The Politics of Slavery and Freedom, 1777-1827

Emancipating New York: The Politics of Slavery and Freedom, 1777-1827

by David N. Gellman

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Overview

An innovative blend of cultural and political history, Emancipating New York is the most complete study to date of the abolition of slavery in New York state. Focusing on public opinion, David N. Gellman shows New Yorkers engaged in vigorous debates and determined activism during the final decades of the eighteenth century as they grappled with the possibility of freeing the state's black population. The gradual emancipation that began in New York in 1799 helped move an entire region of the country toward a historically rare slaveless democracy, creating a wedge in the United States that would ultimately lead to the Civil War. Gellman's comprehensive examination of the reasons for and timing of New York's dismantling of slavery provides a fascinating narrative of a citizenry addressing longstanding injustices central to some of the greatest traumas of American history.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780807133682
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Publication date: 08/01/2008
Series: Antislavery, Abolition, and the Atlantic World
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 312
Sales rank: 718,124
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

David N. Gellman is coeditor of Jim Crow New York: A Documentary History of Race and Citizenship, 1777—1877 and associate professor of history at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.

David N. Gellman is coeditor of Jim Crow New York: A Documentary History of Race and Citizenship, 1777-1877 and associate professor of history at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.

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