Shortly after the first Europeans arrived in seventeenth-century New England, they began to import Africans and capture the area's indigenous peoples as slaves. By the eve of the American Revolution, enslaved people comprised only about 4 percent of the population, but slavery had become instrumental to the region's economy and had shaped its cultural traditions. This story of slavery in New England has been little told.
In this concise yet comprehensive history, Jared Ross Hardesty focuses on the individual stories of enslaved people, bringing their experiences to life. He also explores larger issues such as the importance of slavery to the colonization of the region and to agriculture and industry, New England's deep connections to Caribbean plantation societies, and the significance of emancipation movements in the era of the American Revolution. Thoroughly researched and engagingly written,Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worldsis a must-read for anyone interested in the history of New England.
JARED ROSS HARDESTYis associate professor of history at Western Washington University and author ofUnfreedom: Slavery and Dependence in Eighteenth-Century Boston.
A Note on the Text, Dates, and Terminology
Preface: 15 George Street, Medford, Massachusetts 02155
Acknowledgments
1. Origins
2. Trafficked People
3. Slave and Society
4. Working Worlds
5. Kin and Community
6. Revolution and Emancipation
Epilogue. The Problems of Emancipation
Further Reading
Notes
Index
Arresting and enlightening . . .[t]he book looks at the origins of slavery in the region, the kinds of labor enslaved people did, as well as their private lives and their modes of resisting slavery. Boston Globe
Jared Hardestys sweeping and well-researched history of the institution of slavery in New England is . . . wonderfully engaging . . . Hardestys lÃJ
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