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Wells, Jonathan Daniel, 1969-
Subjects
Ruggles, David, 1810-1849.
New York Kidnapping Club (Gang) -- History.
Free blacks -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Free blacks -- 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.
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Wells, Jonathan Daniel, 1969-
Ruggles, David, 1810-1849.
New York Kidnapping Club (Gang) -- History.
Free blacks -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Free blacks -- 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.
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The
kidnapping
club : Wall Street, slavery, and resistance on the eve of the Civil War / Jonathan Daniel Wells.
by
Wells, Jonathan Daniel, 1969-
Bold Type Books, 2020.
Call #:
974.7100496 W454k
Subjects
Ruggles, David, 1810-1849.
New
York
Kidnapping
Club (Gang)
--
History
.
Free blacks
--
New
York
(
State
)
--
New
York
--
History
--
19th
century
.
Free blacks
--
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
.
ISBN:
9781568587523 (hc)
Alternate title:
Wall Street, slavery, and resistance on the eve of the Civil War
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
354 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Although slavery was outlawed in the northern states in 1827, the illegal slave trade continued in the one place modern readers would least expect, the streets and ports of America's great northern metropolis:
New
York
City. In 'The
Kidnapping
Club,' historian Jonathan Daniel Wells takes readers to a rapidly changing city rife with contradiction, where social hierarchy clashed with a rising middle class, Black citizens jostled for an equal voice in politics and culture, and women of all races eagerly sought roles outside the home. It is during this time that the city witnessed an alarming trend: a number of free and fugitive Black men, women, and children were being kidnapped into slavery. The group responsible, known as the
Kidnapping
Club, was a frighteningly effective network of judges, lawyers, police officers, and bankers who circumvented northern anti-slavery laws by sanctioning the
kidnapping
of free Black Americans--selling them into markets in the South, South America, and the Caribbean, for vast sums of wealth. David Ruggles, a Black journalist and abolitionist, worked tirelessly to bring their injustices to light-risking his own freedom in the process and ultimately exposing the vast system of corruption that made
New
York
City rich. A searing and dramatic
history
, 'The
Kidnapping
Club' upends the myth of an abolitionist North at odds with a slavery-loving South. It is a powerful and resonant account of the ties between slavery and capitalism, the deeply corrupt roots of policing in America, and the strength of Black activism"--Publisher.
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