Somewhat More Independent: The End of Slavery in New York City, 1770-1810

Author/Contributor(s):	White, Shane
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Date:	09/01/2004
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Shane White creatively uses a remarkable array of primary sources--census data, tax lists, city directories, diaries, newspapers and magazines, and courtroom testimony--to reconstruct the content and context of the slave's world in New York and its environs during the revolutionary and early republic periods.