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The Myth and Reality of Slavery in Eastern Connecticut - by Bruce P Stark (Paperback)
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Highlights
- The Myth and Reality of Slavery in Eastern Connecticut: The Brownes of Salem and Absentee Land Ownership tells the story of absentee landlords and slavery in the region prior to the American Revolution.
- Author(s): Bruce P Stark
- 300 Pages
- History, United States
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About the Book
A comprehensive study of slavery, free Black Americans, and land ownership in colonial Eastern Connecticut with a focus on the Browne family of Salem and their farm tenants.
Book Synopsis
The Myth and Reality of Slavery in Eastern Connecticut: The Brownes of Salem and Absentee Land Ownership tells the story of absentee landlords and slavery in the region prior to the American Revolution. It also provides detailed research on the importance of tenant farming among free Blacks and whites, which has been largely overlooked by historians. Using an impressive array of primary sources, Stark reinterprets American history based not on hearsay or secondary sources, but on irrefutable, documented facts. This is a masterwork of historical research.
Review Quotes
"Bruce Stark's masterful command of primary resources earmarks this groundbreaking history to dismiss the long-held myth of a slave plantation in Eastern Connecticut during the colonial period. Equally significant is what this book demonstrates in its telling of Connecticut history using authentic historical records rather than hearsay and secondhand accounts. This is a masterwork of archival-based history."
Peter J. Malia, author of New Haven Town Records, 1769 - 1819 and Visible Saints, West Haven, Connecticut, 1648 - 1798