Bound by Bondage : : Slavery and the Creation of a Northern Gentry / / Nicole Saffold Maskiell.

During the first generations of European settlement in North America, a number of interconnected Northeastern families carved out private empires. In Bound by Bondage, Nicole Saffold Maskiell argues that slavery was a crucial component to the rise and enduring influence of this emergent aristocracy....

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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]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:New Netherland Institute Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (306 p.) :; 5 b&w halftones, 3 maps, 4 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Manhunt
  • 1. Neger: Race, Slavery, and Status in the Dutch Northeast (1640s–60s)
  • 2. Kolonist: Slaveholding and the Survival of Expansive Anglo-Dutch Elite Networks (1650s–90s)
  • 3. Naam: Race, Family, and Connection on the Borderlands (1680s–90s)
  • 4. Bond: Forging an Anglo-Dutch Slaveholding Northeast (1690s–1710s)
  • 5. Family: Kinship, Ambition, and Fear in a Time of Rebellions (1710s–20s)
  • 6. Market: Creating Kinship-Based Empires United by Slaveholding (1730s–50s)
  • 7. Identity: Navigating Racial Expectations to Escape Slavery (1750s–60s)
  • Conclusion: Gentry
  • Appendices
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index