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The Slow Death of Slavery in Dutch New York
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A Cultural, Economic, and Demographic History, 1700-1827
Vorbestellbar | Lieferzeit: Vorbestellbar - Erscheint laut Verlag im/am 31.07.2024. I
Erstverkaufstag: 31.07.2024
Artikel-Nr:
9781009441377
Veröffentl:
2024
Erscheinungsdatum:
31.07.2024
Seiten:
298
Autor:
Michael J. Douma
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Michael J. Douma is Associate Professor at the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University. He is also the Director of the Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics. An interdisciplinary historian, his particular focuses include nineteenth-century US history, the Dutch world, and historical methods. historical philosophy and methodology.
This book provides a new interpretation of slavery in Dutch New York, revealing its extent and the efforts to block emancipation. An important study that will appeal to scholars interested in slavery and, emancipation, and as well as legal, demographic, and economic history.
Introduction; 1. The Size, Extent, and Nature of Dutch New York Slavery; 2. The Rural Dutch Slave-Wheat Complex; 3. The Price of Slaves in New York and New Jersey, 1700-1830; 4. Dutch-speaking Runaway Slaves in New York and New Jersey; 5. Sold South? Emancipation by the Numbers in Dutch New York; 6. Dutch Resistance to Emancipation and the Negotiations to End Slavery in New York; 7. Making Sense of the Mild Thesis and the End of Dutch New York Slavery; Appendix - Wheat prices; Appendix - Percent of Slaves NY-born.