Disowning Slavery : Gradual Emancipation and "Race" in New England, 1780-1860
, by Melish, Joanne PopeNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780801484377 | 0801484375
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 11/1/2000
Following the abolition of slavery in New England, white citizens seemed to forget that it had ever existed there. Drawing on a wide array of primary sources -- from slaveowners' diaries to children's daybooks to racist broadsides -- Joanne Pope Melish reveals not only how northern society changed but how its perceptions changed as well.