Showing In the Shadows of Slavery : African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863 by Leslie M. Harris

In the Shadow of Slavery "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,... Full description