This book shows how slavery ended within a single generation at the end of the eighteenth century in the important colony/state of Pennsylvania. The authors have made a study of the slaveholders themselves in order to understand the process by which most slaves were given freedom without legislative or judicial efforts and without compensation to their masters. The book also traces a number of individual cases which show the varying processes by which slaves brought
pressure for emancipation. This book represents a major milestone in our understanding of slavery and how it was effectively abolished.
- ISBN10 0195045831
- ISBN13 9780195045833
- Publish Date 25 April 1991
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 266
- Language English