Slow Death of Slavery in Dutch New York

A Cultural, Economic, and Demographic History, 1700–1827

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

Av Michael J. Douma, Washington DC) Douma, Michael J. (Georgetown University

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Original and deeply researched, this book provides a new interpretation of Dutch American slavery which challenges many of the traditional assumptions about slavery in New York. With an emphasis on demography and economics, Michael J. Douma shows that slavery in eighteenth-century New York was mostly rural, heavily Dutch, and generally profitable through the cultivation of wheat. Slavery in Dutch New York ultimately died a political death in the nineteenth century, while resistance from enslaved persons, and a gradual turn against slavery in society and in the courts, encouraged its destruction. This important study will reshape the historiography of slavery in the American North.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-01-09
Mått236 x 160 x 22 mm
Vikt503 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor270
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009441377

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Introduction; 1. The Size, Extent, and Nature of Dutch New York Slavery; 2. The Rural Dutch Slave-Wheat Complex; 3. The Price of Slaves in New York and New Jersey, 1700–1830; 4. Dutch-speaking Runaway Slaves in New York and New Jersey; 5. Sold South? Emancipation by the Numbers in Dutch New York; 6. Dutch Resistance to Emancipation and the Negotiations to End Slavery in New York; 7. Making Sense of the Mild Thesis and the End of Dutch New York Slavery; Appendix – Wheat prices; Appendix – Percent of Slaves NY-born.

'This is one of the most methodologically innovative studies on the history of slavery in America. In seven brilliantly researched chapters, Douma analyzes the size of Dutch New York slavery, the importance of wheat production, prices of enslaved workers, and the pathway to emancipation. Its conclusions make important corrections to previous studies.' Jeroen DeWulf,, University of California, Berkeley