Frontmatter

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1 Slavery in Colonial New York 11
7. Chapter 2 The Struggle against Slavery in Revolutionary and Early National New York 48
8. Chapter 3 Creating a Free Black Community in New York City during the Era of Emancipation 72
9. Chapter 4 Free but Unequal: The Limits of Emancipation 96
10. Chapter 5 Keeping Body and Soul Together: Charity Workers and Black Activism in Post- emancipation New York City 134
11. Chapter 6 The Long Shadow of Southern Slavery: Radical Abolitionists and Black Political Activism against Slavery and Racism 170
12. Chapter 7 “Pressing Forward to Greater Perfection”: Radical Abolitionists, Black Labor, and Black Working- Class Activism after 1840 217
13. Chapter 8 “Rulers of the Five Points”: Blacks, Irish Immigrants, and Amalgamation 247
14. Chapter 9 The Failures of the City 263
15. Afterword (2023) 289
16. Notes 295
17. Works Consulted 343
18. Index 367