商品簡介
McManus (history, Queens College and the City University of New York) provides general coverage of New York's slave system, tracing its history from its origins in New Netherland to its legal demise in the late eighteenth century. He describes the economic role of slavery, the conditions of the slaves, and the resistance to slavery. The book originally appeared in 1966. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Edgar J. McManus is professor of history at Queens College and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.