Liberty’s Chain : : Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York / / David N. Gellman.
In Liberty's Chain, David N. Gellman shows how the Jay family, abolitionists and slaveholders alike, embodied the contradictions of the revolutionary age. The Jays of New York were a preeminent founding family. John Jay, diplomat, Supreme Court justice, and co-author of the Federalist Papers, a...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (544 p.) :; 15 b&w halftones, 2 maps, 2 diagrams |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Jay Family Trees
- List of African American Individuals in Jay Households
- Maps
- A Note to the Reader on Language
- Prologue: Founding
- Part One. Slavery and Revolution
- Chapter 1 Disruptions
- Chapter 2 Rising Stars
- Chapter 3 Negotiations
- Chapter 4 Nation-Building
- Chapter 5 Mastering Paradox
- Chapter 6 Sharing the Flame
- Part Two. Abolitionism
- Chapter 7 Joining Forces
- Chapter 8 A Conservative on the Inside
- Chapter 9 Breaking Ranks
- Chapter 10 The Condition of Free People of Color
- Chapter 11 Soul and Nation
- Part Three. Emancipation
- Chapter 12 Uncompromised
- Chapter 13 Parting Shots
- Chapter 14 Civil Wars
- Chapter 15 Reconstructed
- Epilogue: Reckoning
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Enslaved and Free Black Servants in the Households of John Jay and William Jay as Recorded in Federal Census (1790–1850)
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index