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The kidnapping club : Wall Street, slavery, and resistance on the eve of the Civil War  Cover Image Book Book

The kidnapping club : Wall Street, slavery, and resistance on the eve of the Civil War

Summary: Prologue: Summer 1832: Norfolk, Virginia -- The battle engaged -- The birth of the Kidnapping Club and the rebirth of Manhattan -- New York divided -- New York, a port in the slave trade -- Policing and criminalizing the Black community -- Economic panic -- No end in sight -- New York and the transatlantic slave trade -- "Blessed be cotton!": the fugitive slave law and New York City -- The Portuguese Company -- New York and secession -- Civil war -- Epilogue: The hidden past and reparations due.

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  • ISBN: 9781568587523
  • ISBN: 156858752X
  • ISBN: 9781645037118
  • Physical Description: print
    354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Bold Type Books, [2020]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Prologue : Summer 1832 : Norfolk, Virginia -- The battle engaged -- The birth of the kidnapping club and the rebirth of Manhattan -- New York divided -- New York, a port in the slave trade -- Policing and criminalizing the black community -- Economic panic -- No end in sight -- New York and the transatlantic slave trade -- "Blessed be cotton!" : the fugitive slave law and New York City -- The Portuguese Company -- New York and secession -- Civil War -- The hidden past and reparations due.
Subject: Free African Americans New York (State) New York History 19th century
New York Kidnapping Club (Gang) History
Free African Americans Legal status, laws, etc History 19th century
Kidnapping victims New York (State) New York History 19th century
Kidnapping victims United States History 19th century
Fugitive slaves United States History 19th century
Fugitive slaves New York (State) New York History 19th century
Slavery United States History 19th century
Slave trade United States History 19th century
Ruggles, David 1810-1849
Ruggles, David 1810-1849
Free African Americans
Fugitive slaves
Kidnapping victims
Slave trade
Slavery
New York (State) New York
United States
Genre: History.
History.

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