{"product_id":"slavery-in-new-york-9781565849976","title":"Slavery in New York","description":"\u003cp\u003eA definitive account of the hitherto hidden slave past of Americas first city.  \"For much of the eighteenth century  New York City was second only to Charlestown  South Carolina  in its proportion of slaves in an urban population. It was a fact about New York that nearly always elicited comment from European visitors. \"It rather hurts a European eye to see so many negro slaves upon the streets \" one Scottish traveler complained.\"from Slavery in New York  The recent discovery of the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan reminded Americans that slavery in the United States was not merely a phenomenon of the antebellum South. In fact  for most of its history New York was a slave city.  Edited by Ira Berlin  the Bancroft Prize-winning author of Many Thousands Gone  and Leslie Harris  Slavery in New York brings together twelve new contributions by leading historians of slavery and African American life in New York. Published to accompany a major exhibit at the New-York Historical Society  the book demonstrates how slavery shaped the day-to-day experience of New Yorkers  black and white  and how  as a way of doing business  it propelled New York to become the commercial and financial power it is today.  Powerfully illustrated with images from the New-York Historical Society exhibit  Slavery in New York will be the definitive account of New Yorks slave past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45529639092277,"sku":"ByrdShop_1565849973","price":101.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781565849976.jpg?v=1780940072","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/slavery-in-new-york-9781565849976","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}