Ebook: Unfreedom: Slavery and Dependence in Eighteenth-Century Boston
Author: Jared Ross Hardesty
- Tags: Slavery -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 18th century, Slaves -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 18th century, Indentured servants -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 18th century, Boston (Mass ) -- History -- Colonial period ca 1600-1775, Boston (Mass ) -- Social conditions -- 18th century, Indentured servants, Slavery, Slaves, Social conditions, Massachusetts -- Boston
- Series: Early American places
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: New York University Press
- City: Boston (Mass.), Massachusetts--Boston.
- Language: English
- epub
Jared Ross Hardesty examines the lived experience of slaves in 18th century Boston. Instead of relying on the traditional dichotomy of slavery and freedom, he argues we should understand slavery in Boston as part of a continuum of unfreedom. By reassessing the lives of enslaved Bostonians as part of a social order structured by ties of dependence, he not only demonstrates how African slaves were able to decode their Read more...