The Ragged Road to Abolition: Slavery and Freedom in New Jersey, 1775-1865

by James J. Gigantino II

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812223586
• ISBN13: 9780812223583
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"