1st Edition
African Americans and Colonial Legislation in the Middle Colonies
First published in 1998. During the first quarter of the seventeenth century Blacks began arriving in the middle colonies region. At first, regulation of these individuals posed no problem, but by the beginning of the eighteenth century it became increasingly obvious that specific laws governing Blacks needed to be legislated in detail. New York took the lead by having more slaves and legislation than New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This study is primarily an effort to analyze and compare legislation governing Blacks in the middle colonies.
Introduction, Chapter I. Blacks under the Dutch, The Introduction of Blacks in New Netherlands, From Slave to "Half Slave" to Free Black in New Netherlands, Blacks and the Dutch Reformed Church, Chapter II. An Overview of Slavery, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Chapter III. The Formative Period of Black Status, 1664-1712, Duke’s Law, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Chapter IV. Insurrection and Its Effect Upon Black Status White Reaction to Black Insurrectional Fear Urban Regulations Chapter V. Manumission and Abolition Chapter VI. Conclusion
Biography
Oscar Williams (PhD, Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University)
