Disowning Slavery : Gradual Emancipation and

Disowning Slavery : Gradual Emancipation and "Race" in New England, 1780-1860

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ISBN13: 9780801434136
ISBN10: 0801434130
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-06-01
Publisher(s): Cornell Univ Pr
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Summary

Following the abolition of slavery in New England, white citizens seemed to forget that it had ever existed there. Drawing on a wide array of primary sources--from slaveowners' diaries to children's daybooks to racist broadsides--Joanne Pope Melish reveals not only how northern society changed but how its perceptions changed, and how the collective amnesia about local slavery's existence became a significant component of New England regional identity. 9 photos.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
Preface xi
List of Archives Cited
xvii
Introduction 1(10)
New England Slavery
11(39)
``Short of the Truth'': Slavery in the Lives of Whites
11(30)
Another Truth: Enslavement in the Lives of People of Color
41(9)
The Antislavery Impulse
50(34)
To ``Clear Our Spirits'': Whites' Expectations of Freedom from Slavery
50(29)
The ``Privilage of Freemen'': Blacks' Expectations of Freedom from Slavery
79(5)
``Slaves of the Community'': Gradual Emancipation in Practice
84(35)
A ``Negro Spirit'': Em-bodying Difference
119(44)
``To Abolish the Black Man'': Enacting the Antislavery Promise
163(47)
``A Thing Unknown'': The Free White Republic as New England Writ Large
210(28)
``We Are the Alphabet'': Free People of Color and the Discourse of ``Race''
238(49)
Index 287

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