Bound by Bondage Slavery and the Creation of a Northern Gentry【電子書籍】[ Nicole Saffold Maskiell ]

＜p＞＜strong＞During the first generations of European settlement in North America, a number of interconnected Northeastern families carved out private empires.＜/strong＞ In ＜em＞Bound by Bondage＜/em＞, Nicole Saffold Maskiell argues that slavery was vital to the rise of this aristocracy, and those dynastic families built prestige through mastery, creating manorial estates and expansive trading networks from the Northeast to the South, the Caribbean, and beyond. Members of this elite class, including mayors, governors, and presidents, were among the largest slaveholders in the North, with power aspirations uniting Anglo and Dutch families.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Using original research drawn from archives across several continents in multiple languages, Maskiell traces the origins of these private empires from the founding of Northeastern colonies to the eve of the Revolutionary War. She reveals a multiracial Early America, where enslaved traders, woodsmen, millers, maids, bakers, and groomsmen developed ex．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る