New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan Library science - Moral and ethical aspects - United States With the sweep and sophistication

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New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan Library science - Moral and ethical aspects - United States With the sweep and sophisticationAuthor Contributor(s): Lepore, Jill Publisher: Vintage Date: 8 8 2006 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST ANISFIELD WOLF AWARD WINNER A revelatory study of the ways in which slavery both destabilized and created American politics. Vivid and provocative; [Lepore] evokes eighteenth century New York in all its moral and physical messiness. The New Yorker A historical study that is both intellectually rigorous and broadly accessible.