Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-362) and index.
"The black experience in the antebellum South has been thoroughly documented. But histories set in the North are few. In the Shadow of Slavery, then, is a big and ambitious book, one in which insights about race and class in New York City abound. Leslie Harris has masterfully brought more than two centuries of African American history back to life in this illuminating new work."--David Roediger, author of The Wages of WhitenessIn 1991 in lower Manhattan, a team of construction workers made an astonishing discovery. Just two blocks from City Hall, under twenty feet of asphalt, concrete.
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African Americans-- New York (State)-- New York-- History.
Noirs américains-- New York (État)-- New York-- Histoire.
African Americans.
Race relations.
Slavernij.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Ethnic Studies-- African American Studies.
New York (N.Y.), History, 1775-1865.
New York (N.Y.), History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New York (N.Y.), Race relations, History.
New York (N.Y.), Histoire, 1775-1865.
New York (N.Y.), Histoire, ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)