
Disowning Slavery
Joanne Pope Melish
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Gradual Emancipation and Race in New England, 1780-1860
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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.
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