Unfreedom: Slavery and Dependence in Eighteenth-Century Boston

"The most significant contribution to slavery studies in New England since the publication of Joanne Pope Melish's seminal Disowning Slavery in 1998." —Harvey Amani Whitfield, University of Vermont

Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year.

Instead of relying on the traditional dichotomy of slavery and freedom, Hardesty argues we should understand slavery in Boston as part of a continuum of unfreedom. In this context, African slavery existed alongside many other forms of oppression, incl...