{"product_id":"slavery-in-new-york","title":"Slavery in New York","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSlavery in New York\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eIra Berlin\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781565849976\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThe New Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e256\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe recent discovery of the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan reminded Americans that slavery in the United States was not merely a phenomenon of the antebellum South. In fact, for most of its history, New York was a slave city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Ira Berlin, the Bancroft Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMany Thousands Gone\u003c\/i\u003e, and Leslie Harris, \u003ci\u003eSlavery in New York\u003c\/i\u003e brings together twelve new contributions by leading historians of slavery and African American life in New York. Published to accompany a major exhibit at the New York Historical Society, the book demonstrates how slavery shaped the day-to-day experience of New Yorkers, black and white, and how, as a way of doing business, it propelled New York to become the commercial and financial power it is today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowerfully illustrated with images from the New York Historical Society exhibit, \u003ci\u003e Slavery and the Making of New York\u003c\/i\u003e will be the definitive account of New York's slave past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"The New Press","offers":[{"title":"Slavery in New York | Ira Berlin | Paperback | 9781565849976 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks F 1763322","offer_id":49264296427672,"sku":"1763322","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/B1-5_XAPlxS.jpg?v=1781808520","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/slavery-in-new-york","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}