This history of the Northern slave system examines its operation from its colonial beginnings to its dissolution. In the early 19th century the author sees that

Between Freedom and Bondage looks at the fluctuations of black suffrage in the ante-bellum North, using the four states of New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts

For his humanistic religious verse, his poignant and deeply personal antislavery poems, and, above all, his lifelong enthusiasm for liberty, nature, and the art

A compelling examination of the ways enslaved women fought for their freedom during and after the Revolutionary War.