1st Edition
African Americans and Colonial Legislation in the Middle Colonies
By Oscar Williams
Copyright 1998
200 Pages
by
Routledge
130 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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This study analyzes legislation governing black life in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The years from 1664 to 1712 witnessed the formative era of slavery in the middle colonies, and by the beginning of the 18th century, specific laws governing African Americans were passed. The long range effects of the Insurrection of 1712 (which took the lives of nine whites and critically wounded five... Read more
Chapter I Blacks under the Dutch; Chapter II An Overview of Slavery; Chapter III The Formative Period of Black Status 1664–1712; Chapter IV Insurrection and Its Effects upon Black Status; Chapter V Manumission and Abolition; Chapter VI Conclusion;
Biography
Oscar Williams
