Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-242) and index.
Contents
The African roots of Colonial America -- Slavery: from the revolution to the cotton kingdom -- Westward expansion, antislavery, and resistance -- Troublesome property: the many forms of slave resistance -- A hard-won freedom: from Civil War contraband to emancipation -- Creating freedom during and after the war.
Summary
The history of slavery is central to understanding the history of the United States. Slavery and the Making of America offers a richly illustrated, vividly written history that illuminates the human side of this inhumane institution, presenting it largely through stories of the slaves themselves. Readers will discover a wide ranging and sharply nuanced look at American slavery, from the first Africans brought to British colonies in the early seventeenth century to the end of Reconstruction. The authors document the horrors of slavery, particularly in the deep South, and describe the valiant struggles to escape bondage, from dramatic tales of slaves such as William and Ellen Craft to Dred Scott's doomed attempt to win his freedom through the Supreme Court. We see how slavery set our nation on the road of violence, from bloody riots that broke out in American cities over fugitive slaves, to the cataclysm of the Civil War. Along the way, readers meet such individuals as "Black Sam" Fraunces, a West Indian mulatto who owned the Queen's Head Tavern in New York City, a key meeting place for revolutionaries in the 1760s and 1770s. Indeed, the book is filled with stories of remarkable African Americans, from Sergeant William H. Carney, who won the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery at the crucial assault on Fort Wagner during the Civil War, to Benjamin "Pap" Singleton, a former slave who led freed African Americans to a new life on the American frontier. With more than one hundred illustrations, Slavery and the Making of America is a gripping account of the struggles of African Americans against the iniquity of slavery.
New York State censuses & substitutes : an annotated bibliography of state censuses, census substitutes, and selected name lists in print, on microform, or online : with county boundary maps, 1683-1915 : and state census examples and extraction forms, 1825-1925
"This book identifies the state census manuscripts that survive, and the microfilmed copies available for New York's sixty-two counties"--Preface, p. xiii.
American Association for State and Local History book series
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Why nearby history? -- What can be done nearby? -- Traces and storytelling -- Published documents -- Unpublished documents -- Oral documents -- Visual documents -- Artifacts -- Landscapes and buildings -- Preserving material traces -- Research, writing, and leaving a record -- Linking the particular and the universal -- Appendices : Forms to request information from federal agencies ; Sample gift agreements ; Sources of archival storage products and information ; Using the world wide web (www) in nearby history.
Gilbert family history : the story of John Gilbert who emigrated in 1682 from Cornwall, England to Bucks County, Pennsylvania and some of his descendants : including the Walton and Rakestraw families, and an account of the Indian captivity of the family of Benjamin Gilbert and Elizabeth Walton
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 108, no. 1 (Spring 2006).
Notes
Continues: Lancaster County communities : Abbeville to Bettlehausen (v. 105, no.3, Fall 2003) ; Lancaster County communities : Byerland to Cordelia Post Office (v. 106, no. 1, Spring/Summer 2004) ; Lancaster County communities : Coulter's Corner to Frogtown (v. 106, no.2, Fall 2004) ; Lancaster County communities : Fruitville to Guthrie's Ford (v. 106, no. 3, Winter 2005) ; Lancaster County communities : Gypsy Hill to Indiantown (v. 106, no. 4, Spring 2005) ; Lancaster County communities : Inercourse to Landis Valley (v. 107, no. 1, Summer 2005) ; Lancaster County communities :Landisville to Marietta Junction (. 107, no. 2, Fall 2005) ; Lancaster County communities : New Holland to Oreville (v. 107, no. 4, Winter 2005-2006).
Turkey Hill - A Family Vision reveals the story behind a small Lancaster County, Pennsylvania dairy's growth from family farm to major manufacturer of ice cream and refrigerated teas...Learn about the company's history, production and packaging techniques, marketing strategies, and ongoing community involvement. Readers will discover little known stories about the dairy.