| Slavery and Freedom in the Mid-Hudson Valley Contributor(s): Groth, Michael E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438464576 ISBN-13: 9781438464572 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | African American - Social Science | Slavery |
| Dewey: 306.362 |
| LCCN: 2016031418 |
| Series: Suny Series, an American Region: Studies in the Hudson Valle |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 266 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History - Geographic Orientation - New York - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Slavery and Freedom in the Mid-Hudson Valley focuses on the largely forgotten history of slavery in New York and the African American freedom struggle in the central Hudson Valley prior to the Civil War. Slaves were central actors in the drama that unfolded in the region during the Revolution, and they waged a long and bitter battle for freedom during the decades that followed. Slavery in the countryside was more oppressive than slavery in urban environments, and the agonizingly slow pace of abolition, constraints of rural poverty, and persistent racial hostility in the rural communities also presented formidable challenges to free black life in the central Hudson Valley. Michael E. Groth explores how Dutchess County's black residents overcame such obstacles to establish independent community institutions, engage in political activism, and fashion a vibrant racial consciousness in antebellum New York. By drawing attention to the African American experience in the rural Mid-Hudson Valley, this book provides new perspectives on slavery and emancipation in New York, black community formation, and the nature of black identity in the Early Republic. |
