Black lives, native lands, white worlds, a history of slavery in New England, Jared Ross Hardesty
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Black lives, native lands, white worlds, a history of slavery in New England, Jared Ross Hardesty
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.governmentPublication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Black lives, native lands, white worlds
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1101026853
Responsibility statement
Jared Ross Hardesty
Sub title
a history of slavery in New England
Summary
"Shortly after the first Europeans arrived in seventeenth-century New England, they began to import Africans and capture the area's indigenous peoples as slaves. By the eve of the American Revolution, enslaved people comprised only about 4 percent of the population, but slavery had become instrumental to the region's economy and had shaped its cultural traditions. This story of slavery in New England has been little told. In this concise yet comprehensive history, Jared Ross Hardesty focuses on the individual stories of enslaved people, bringing their experiences to life. He also explores larger issues such as the importance of slavery to the colonization of the region and to agriculture and industry, New England's deep connections to Caribbean plantation societies, and the significance of emancipation movements in the era of the American Revolution. Thoroughly researched and engagingly written, Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of New England"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Origins -- Trafficked people -- Slave and society -- Working worlds -- Kin and community -- Revolution and emancipation -- Epilogue: The problems of emancipation