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The Ragged Road to Abolition : Slavery and Freedom in New Jersey, 1775-1865 by Gigantino II, James J. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Contrary to popular perception, slavery persisted in the North well into the nineteenth century. This was especially the case in New Jersey, the last northern state to pass an abolition statute, in 1804. Because of the nature of the law, which freed children born to enslaved mothers only after they had served their mother's master for more than two decades, slavery continued in New Jersey through the Civil War. Passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 finally destroyed its last vestiges.__The Ragged Road to Abolition__By demonstrating how deeply slavery influenced the political, economic, and social life of blacks and whites in New Jersey, this illuminating study shatters the perceived easy dichotomies between North and South or free states and slave states at the onset of the Civil War.

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Author
Gigantino II, James J.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Published
2014
Language
EN
ISBN
9780812223583
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Science, History, Humanities

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