Slavery and Freedom Among Early American Workers

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.

Graham Russell Hodges

Chapter 1 Legal Bonds of Attachment; Chapter 2 In Retrospect; Chapter 3 Slavery and Freedom Without Compensation; Chapter 4 Violence and Religion in the Black American Revolution; Chapter 5 Black Revolt in New York City and the Neutral Zone, 1775-1783; Chapter 6 Gabriel's Republican Rebellion; Chapter 7 Reconstructing Black Women's History in the Caribbean; Chapter 8 Flaneurs, Prostitutes, and Historians; Chapter 9 The Decline and Fall of Artisan Republicanism in Antebellum New York City; Chapter 10 "Desirable Companions and Lovers";