Timothy J. Crist is a co-founder and president of the Newark History Society. After earning his PhD in history from Cambridge University, he headed a bibliographical research project at Yale and then held executive positions at Prudential Financial. He has also served as chair of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and the Newark Public Library.

• Note on the Text Introduction PART IA New Township 1 Before Newark 2 True Owners of the Land 3 Godly Government 4 For the Good of the Town 5 First Settlers and Slavery PART IIContending with Proprietary Government 6 Seeds of Conflict 7 Rebellion 8 Reprieve 9 Hard Times 10 Transitions 11 Compromise 12 Turbulent Times 13 Change and Conflict Conclusion Acknowledgments Chronology Notes Index

"This history of Newark in the proprietary period, based on impressive, pioneering research, portrays encounters and tensions that tell us important things about the development and fate of Britain's North American empire. Like the New Englanders of the title, I felt I had been transported to not only a new, but a very strange land. The author has created for readers a sense of place in this somewhat far-flung colonial outpost and offers a multidimensional view of it." - Mark Krasovic, author of The Newark Frontier: Community Action in the Great Society"In this absorbing and deeply researched study, Crist examines the founding of Newark and its development under the proprietors from 1666 to 1702. Crist skillfully underscores the complexity of New Jersey's origins by demonstrating how Newark's leaders challenged the proprietary system in their quest to expand the New England model of godly authority and town self-government." - Jean R. Soderlund, author of Separate Paths: Lenapes and Colonists in West New Jersey

Timothy J. Crist is a co-founder and president of the Newark History Society. After earning his PhD in history from Cambridge University, he headed a bibliographical research project at Yale and then held executive positions at Prudential Financial. He has also served as chair of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and the Newark Public Library.

• Note on the Text Introduction PART IA New Township 1 Before Newark 2 True Owners of the Land 3 Godly Government 4 For the Good of the Town 5 First Settlers and Slavery PART IIContending with Proprietary Government 6 Seeds of Conflict 7 Rebellion 8 Reprieve 9 Hard Times 10 Transitions 11 Compromise 12 Turbulent Times 13 Change and Conflict Conclusion Acknowledgments Chronology Notes Index

"This history of Newark in the proprietary period, based on impressive, pioneering research, portrays encounters and tensions that tell us important things about the development and fate of Britain's North American empire. Like the New Englanders of the title, I felt I had been transported to not only a new, but a very strange land. The author has created for readers a sense of place in this somewhat far-flung colonial outpost and offers a multidimensional view of it." - Mark Krasovic, author of The Newark Frontier: Community Action in the Great Society"In this absorbing and deeply researched study, Crist examines the founding of Newark and its development under the proprietors from 1666 to 1702. Crist skillfully underscores the complexity of New Jersey's origins by demonstrating how Newark's leaders challenged the proprietary system in their quest to expand the New England model of godly authority and town self-government." - Jean R. Soderlund, author of Separate Paths: Lenapes and Colonists in West New Jersey

Timothy J. Crist is a co-founder and president of the Newark History Society. After earning his PhD in history from Cambridge University, he headed a bibliographical research project at Yale and then held executive positions at Prudential Financial. He has also served as chair of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and the Newark Public Library.

• Note on the Text Introduction PART IA New Township 1 Before Newark 2 True Owners of the Land 3 Godly Government 4 For the Good of the Town 5 First Settlers and Slavery PART IIContending with Proprietary Government 6 Seeds of Conflict 7 Rebellion 8 Reprieve 9 Hard Times 10 Transitions 11 Compromise 12 Turbulent Times 13 Change and Conflict Conclusion Acknowledgments Chronology Notes Index

"This history of Newark in the proprietary period, based on impressive, pioneering research, portrays encounters and tensions that tell us important things about the development and fate of Britain's North American empire. Like the New Englanders of the title, I felt I had been transported to not only a new, but a very strange land. The author has created for readers a sense of place in this somewhat far-flung colonial outpost and offers a multidimensional view of it." - Mark Krasovic, author of The Newark Frontier: Community Action in the Great Society"In this absorbing and deeply researched study, Crist examines the founding of Newark and its development under the proprietors from 1666 to 1702. Crist skillfully underscores the complexity of New Jersey's origins by demonstrating how Newark's leaders challenged the proprietary system in their quest to expand the New England model of godly authority and town self-government." - Jean R. Soderlund, author of Separate Paths: Lenapes and Colonists in West New Jersey