Nicole Saffold Maskiell

Bound by Bondage

Slavery and the Creation of a Northern Gentry

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Produktbeschreibung

During the first generations of European settlement in North America, a number of interconnected Northeastern families carved out private empires. In Bound by Bondage, Nicole Saffold Maskiell argues that slavery was a crucial component to the rise and enduring influence of this emergent aristocracy.

Produktdetails

• New Netherland Institute Studies
• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 444g
• ISBN-13: 9781501781681
• ISBN-10: 1501781685
• Artikelnr.: 73532109

Autorenporträt

Nicole Saffold Maskiell is Associate Professor of African and African American Studies at Dartmouth College and the winner of the 2023 Henricks Award for best book-length manuscript relating to New Netherland and the Dutch colonial experience.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Manhunt 1. Neger: Race, Slavery, and Status in the Dutch Northeast (1640s
60s) 2. Kolonist: Slaveholding and the Survival of Expansive Anglo
Dutch Elite Networks (1650s
90s) 3. Naam: Race, Family, and Connection on the Borderlands (1680s
90s) 4. Bond: Forging an Anglo
Dutch Slaveholding Northeast (1690s
1710s) 5. Family: Kinship, Ambition, and Fear in a Time of Rebellions (1710s
20s) 6. Market: Creating Kinship
Based Empires United by Slaveholding (1730s
50s) 7. Identity: Navigating Racial Expectations to Escape Slavery (1750s
60s) Conclusion: Gentry