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Bound by bondage : slavery and the creation of a northern gentry / Nicole Saffold Maskiell.

Author/creator Maskiell, Nicole Saffold, 1980- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Copyright Notice ̐u2022
Descriptionxi, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Slavery--Northeastern States --History --17th century.
Slavery--Northeastern States --History --18th century.
Slaveholders--Northeastern States --Social conditions --17th century.
Slaveholders--Northeastern States --Social conditions --18th century.
Slave trade--Social aspects --Northeastern States --History --17th century.
Slave trade--Social aspects --Northeastern States --History --18th century.
Enslaved persons--Northeastern States --Social conditions --17th century.
Enslaved persons--Northeastern States --Social conditions --18th century.
Black people--Northeastern States --Social conditions --17th century.
Black people--Northeastern States --Social conditions --18th century.
Elite (Social sciences)--Northeastern States --History --17th century.
Elite (Social sciences)--Northeastern States --History --18th century.
Northeastern States--Social conditions --17th century.
Northeastern States--Social conditions --18th century.
Northeastern States--Race relations --History --17th century.
Northeastern States--Race relations --History --18th century.
Contents Introduction : Manhunt -- Neger : Race, slavery, and status in the Dutch Northeast (1640s-1660s) -- Kolonist : Slaveholding and the survival of expansive Anglo-Dutch elite networks (1650s-1690s) -- Naam : Race, family, and connection on the borderlands (1680s-1690s) -- Bond : Forging an Anglo-Dutch slaveholding Northeast (1690s-1710s) -- Family : Kinship, ambition, and fear in a time of rebellions (1710s-1720s) -- Market : Creating kinship-based empires united by slaveholding (1730s-1750s) -- Identity : Navigating racial expectations to escape slavery (1750s-1760s) -- Conclusion : Gentry.
Abstract "This book traces several elite Anglo-Dutch families back to the founding generations of the Northeastern colonies and follows their growth to the eve of the American Revolutionary War, showing how family power, racial views of mastery, and slaveholding linked a divided Northeast. Examining government documents, runaway slave ads, and letters in both Dutch and English, Maskiell foregrounds the gaze of such captive peoples and argues for a reevaluation of the legacies and narratives of the Northeastern elites who held them in bondage"-- Provided by publisher
General notePublished in association with the New Netherland Institute.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (page 255-283) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Maskiell, Nicole Saffold, 1980- Bound by bondage. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022 9781501764257
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2021051818
ISBN9781501764240
ISBN1501764241 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic publication

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