ABSTRACT

Covering a chronological span from the seventeenth century to the Civil War, the book reunites black and labor history, including such major topics as the formation of slavery in the North, the American Revolution, blacks and the Workingmen's Movement, and interracial marriage before the Civil War. This book provides fascinating reading for students of American history, labor history, urban history, and black history.

chapter |16 pages

Legal Bonds of Attachment

The Freemanship Law of New York City, 1648–1801

chapter |9 pages

In Retrospect

Richard B. Morris and Government and Labor in Early America (1946)

chapter |31 pages

Slavery and Freedom Without Compensation

African Americans in Bergen County, New Jersey, 1660–1860

chapter |11 pages

Flaneurs, Prostitutes, and Historians

Sexual Commerce and Representation in the Nineteenth-Century Metropolis

chapter |11 pages

The Decline and Fall of Artisan Republicanism in Antebellum New York City

Views from the Street and Workshop

chapter |23 pages

“Desirable Companions and Lovers”

Irish and African Americans in the Sixth Ward of New York City, 1830–1870