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Author
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Michael E. Groth focuses on the largely forgotten history of slavery in New York and the African American freedom struggle in the central Hudson Valley prior to the Civil War. Slaves were central actors in the drama that unfolded in the region during the Revolution, and they waged a long and bitter battle for freedom during the decades that followed. Slavery in the countryside was more oppressive than slavery in urban environments, and the agonizingly...
12) Rural life in the Hudson River Valley, 1880-1920: observations and photographs from Dutchess County
Author
Publisher
Hudson Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English