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Jared Ross Hardesty - Unfreedom: Slavery and Dependence in Eighteenth-Century Boston - 9781479816149 - V9781479816149
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Unfreedom: Slavery and Dependence in Eighteenth-Century Boston

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Description for Unfreedom: Slavery and Dependence in Eighteenth-Century Boston Hardback. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.

Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2016
Reveals the lived experience of slaves in eighteenth-century Boston
Instead of relying on the traditional dichotomy of slavery and freedom, Hardesty argues we should understand slavery in Boston as part of a continuum of unfreedom. In this context, African slavery existed alongside many other forms of oppression, including Native American slavery, indentured servitude, apprenticeship, and pauper apprenticeship. In this hierarchical and inherently unfree world, enslaved Bostonians were more concerned with their everyday treatment and honor than with emancipation, as they pushed for autonomy, protected their families and communities, and demanded a ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Early American Places
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479816149
SKU
V9781479816149
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About Jared Ross Hardesty
Jared Ross Hardesty is Professor of History at Western Washington University and author of Unfreedom: Slavery and Dependence in Eighteenth-Century Boston, Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds: A History of Slavery in New England, and Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate.

Reviews for Unfreedom: Slavery and Dependence in Eighteenth-Century Boston
Hardesty’s excursion through wills, probate, court records, newspapers, etc., is a provocative study of slavery and dependence in eighteenth-century Boston. Rather than examine black life in early America from the point of view of slavery or freedom, Hardesty advances an alternative paradigm, one that suggests that a better way to understand the institution would perhaps be to examine it as ... Read more

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