Original and deeply researched, this book provides a new interpretation of Dutch American slavery which challenges many of the traditional assumptions about slavery in New York. With an emphasis on demography and economics, Michael J. Douma shows that slavery in eighteenth-century New York was mostl...

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Main Author:	Douma, Michael J. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2024
Subjects:	Slavery / New York (State) / History African Americans / New York (State) / History Dutch Americans / New York (State) / History Slavery / Economic aspects / New York (State) / History Antislavery movements / New York (State) / History New York (State) / History / 1775-1865
Online Access:	DE-12 DE-473 Volltext
Summary:	Original and deeply researched, this book provides a new interpretation of Dutch American slavery which challenges many of the traditional assumptions about slavery in New York. With an emphasis on demography and economics, Michael J. Douma shows that slavery in eighteenth-century New York was mostly rural, heavily Dutch, and generally profitable through the cultivation of wheat. Slavery in Dutch New York ultimately died a political death in the nineteenth century, while resistance from enslaved persons, and a gradual turn against slavery in society and in the courts, encouraged its destruction. This important study will reshape the historiography of slavery in the American North
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Dec 2024) The size, extent, and nature of Dutch New York slavery -- The rural Dutch slave-wheat complex -- The price of slaves in New York and New Jersey, 1700-1830 -- Dutch-speaking runaway slaves in New York and New Jersey -- Sold south? Emancipation by the numbers in Dutch New York -- Dutch resistance to emancipation and the negotiations to end slavery in New York -- Making sense of the mild thesis and the end of Dutch New York slavery
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (xii, 257 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781009441360
DOI:	10.1017/9781009441360