Liberty’s Chain : Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York (David N. Gellman - CH) slavery bloody stalemate

bloody stalemate

In an unprecedented move by Congress

Ann Volkwein

It was not always so

became a catalyst of change and a symbol of an emancipated future

Liberty’s Chain : Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York (David N. Gellman - CH) slavery bloody stalemateby David N. Gellman In Liberty's Chain, David N. Gellman shows how the Jay family, abolitionists, and slaveholders alike, embodied the contradictions of the revolutionary age. The Jays of New York were a preeminent founding family. John Jay, diplomat, Supreme Court justice, and coauthor of the Federalist Papers, and his children and grandchildren helped chart the course of the Early American Republic. Liberty's Chain forges a new path for thinking