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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |31 pages
Slavery and Freedom Without Compensation
African Americans in Bergen County, New Jersey, 1660–1860
chapter |6 pages
Violence and Religion in the Black American Revolution
chapter |22 pages
Black Revolt in New York City and the Neutral Zone, 1775–1783
chapter |6 pages
Gabriel's Republican Rebellion
chapter |7 pages
Reconstructing Black Women's History in the Caribbean
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