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Slavery and Freedom in the Rural North - by Graham Russell Hodges (Paperback)

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  • While the transition urban African Americans made from slavery to freedom in the North has been the subject of much scholarship, the experiences of their rural counterparts has remained largely hidden.
  • About the Author: Graham Russell Hodges is Professor of History at Colgate University in upstate New York.
  • 256 Pages
  • Social Science, Ethnic Studies

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About the Book



This unique social history, focusing on a single community in eastern New jersey, addresses many long-held assumptions about slavery and emancipation outside the plantation South.



Book Synopsis



While the transition urban African Americans made from slavery to freedom in the North has been the subject of much scholarship, the experiences of their rural counterparts has remained largely hidden. Focusing on the development of a single African American community in eastern New Jersey, Professor Hodges examines the experience of slavery and freedom in the rural North. This unique social history addresses many long held assumptions about the experience of slavery and emancipation outside the plantation South. Hodges weaves an intricate pattern of life and death, work and worship, from the earliest settlement to the end of the Civil War.



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Focusing on the development of a single African American community in eastern New Jersey, Hodges examines the experience of slavery and freedom in the rural north. This unique social history addresses many long held assumptions about the experience of slavery and emancipation outside the south. For example, by tracing the process by which whites maintained "a durable architecture of oppression" and a rigid racial hierarchy, it challenges the notions that slavery was milder and that racial boundaries were more permeable in the north. Monmouth County, New Jersey, because of its rich African American heritage and equally well-preserved historical record, provides an outstanding opportunity to study the rural life of an entire community over the course of two centuries. Hodges weaves an intricate pattern of life and death, work and worship, from the earliest settlement to the end of the Civil War.



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"This is an excellent book-the stories used to illustrate points are brilliant and the research is impressive." --Douglas R. Egerton

"Hodges's book represents an outstanding achievement. Providing a close examination of the lives of African Americans in the rural county of Monmouth, New Jersey, over a broad temporal sweep from the country's first settlement by Europeans to the total elimination of slavery on the eve of the Civil War, it both shows the critical economic role of slaves in the north and provides the fullest examination of the lives of rural blacks north of the Mason Dixon line. It is a landmark study that brings a level of specificity to the analysis of rural African American life in the north." --Jack P. Greene, Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Johns Hopkins University

"This book expands our understanding of the African American experience in the North, and provides welcome source material for schools, libraries, and readers of New Jersey history." --Gail Hunton, Historian, Monmouth County Park System

"A brilliant exploration of slavery in a local setting." --Choice Reviews

"Hodges' meticulously documented and beautifully written social history offers valuable insight into the harsh conditions of African-American life and race relations in the rural antebellum North. Highly recommended." --Library Journal



A brilliant exploration of slavery in a local setting.

Hodges' meticulously documented and beautifully written social history offers valuable insight into the harsh conditions of African-American life and race relations in the rural antebellum North. Highly recommended.

Hodges's book represents an outstanding achievement. Providing a close examination of the lives of African Americans in the rural county of Monmouth, New Jersey, over a broad temporal sweep from the country's first settlement by Europeans to the total elimination of slavery on the eve of the Civil War, it both shows the critical economic role of slaves in the north and provides the fullest examination of the lives of rural blacks north of the Mason Dixon line. It is a landmark study that brings a level of specificity to the analysis of rural African American life in the north.

This book expands our understanding of the African American experience in the North, and provides welcome source material for schools, libraries, and readers of New Jersey history.

This is an excellent book-the stories used to illustrate points are brilliant and the research is impressive.



About the Author



Graham Russell Hodges is Professor of History at Colgate University in upstate New York. He is the editor of Black Itinerants of the Gospel: The Narratives of John Jea and George White, published by Madison House, and author of The New York City Cartmen, 1667-1850.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.99 Inches (H) x 6.07 Inches (W) x .74 Inches (D)
Weight: .87 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Ethnic Studies
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Theme: African American Studies
Format: Paperback
Author: Graham Russell Hodges
Language: English
Street Date: February 1, 1997
TCIN: 1004109885
UPC: 9780945612513
Item Number (DPCI): 247-21-3870
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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