Slavery and freedom in the Mid-Hudson Valley
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Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017].
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Cornwall Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | LOH 974.703 Groth | On Shelf |
New City Library - Adult Nonfiction | 974.733 GROTH | On Shelf |
New City Library - Local History Regional | ROCKLAND ROOM 306.362 GROTH | On Shelf |
Newburgh Free Library - Local History Regional | R REF 326.0973 GRO | On Shelf |
Newburgh Free Library - Standard shelving location | R REF 326.0973 GRO | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History
African Americans -- New York (State) -- Dutchess County -- History
African Americans -- Race identity -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Antislavery movements -- New York (State) -- History
Dutchess County -- History
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- New York (State)
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History
Slavery -- New York (State) -- Dutchess County -- History
African Americans -- New York (State) -- Dutchess County -- History
African Americans -- Race identity -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Antislavery movements -- New York (State) -- History
Dutchess County -- History
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- New York (State)
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History
Slavery -- New York (State) -- Dutchess County -- History
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Published
Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017].
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Book
Physical Desc
xix, 246 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description
Michael E. Groth focuses on the largely forgotten history of slavery in New York and the African American freedom struggle in the central Hudson Valley prior to the Civil War. Slaves were central actors in the drama that unfolded in the region during the Revolution, and they waged a long and bitter battle for freedom during the decades that followed. Slavery in the countryside was more oppressive than slavery in urban environments, and the agonizingly slow pace of abolition, constraints of rural poverty, and persistent racial hostility in the rural communities also presented formidable challenges to free black life in the central Hudson Valley. Groth explores how Dutchess County?s black residents overcame such obstacles to establish independent community institutions, engage in political activism, and fashion a vibrant racial consciousness in antebellum New York. By drawing attention to the African American experience in the rural Mid-Hudson Valley, this book provides new perspectives on slavery and emancipation in New York, black community formation, and the nature of black identity in the Early Republic
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Groth, M. E. (2017). Slavery and freedom in the Mid-Hudson Valley . State University of New York Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Groth, Michael E., 1965-. 2017. Slavery and Freedom in the Mid-Hudson Valley. State University of New York Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Groth, Michael E., 1965-. Slavery and Freedom in the Mid-Hudson Valley State University of New York Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Groth, Michael E. Slavery and Freedom in the Mid-Hudson Valley State University of New York Press, 2017.
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