A history of slavery in New York City is told through contributions by leading historians of African-American life in New York and is published to coincide with

In Spaces of Enslavement, Andrea C. Mosterman addresses the persistent myth that the colonial Dutch system of slavery was more humane. Investigating practices o

A new edition of a classic work revealing the little-known history of African Americans in New York City before Emancipation. The popular understanding of the h

A Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the mistreatment of black Americans. In this 'precise and eloquent work' - as described in its Pulitzer Prize citation - Dou