| Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery Contributor(s): Farrow, Anne (Author), Lang, Joel (Author), Frank, Jenifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345467833 ISBN-13: 9780345467836 Publisher: Ballantine Books OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: Rich with historical documents and photos, this narrative dispels the myths surrounding the history of slavery in this country, revealing the North's deep dependence on slave commerce and its own exploitation of slave labor. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Slavery |
| Dewey: 306.362 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.65 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A startling and superbly researched book demythologizing the North's role in American slavery "The hardest question is what to do when human rights give way to profits. . . . Complicity is a story of the skeletons that remain in this nation's closet."--San Francisco Chronicle The North's profit from--indeed, dependence on--slavery has mostly been a shameful and well-kept secret . . . until now. Complicity reveals the cruel truth about the lucrative Triangle Trade of molasses, rum, and slaves that linked the North to the West Indies and Africa. It also discloses the reality of Northern empires built on tainted profits--run, in some cases, by abolitionists--and exposes the thousand-acre plantations that existed in towns such as Salem, Connecticut. Here, too, are eye-opening accounts of the individuals who profited directly from slavery far from the Mason-Dixon line. Culled from long-ignored documents and reports--and bolstered by rarely seen photos, publications, maps, and period drawings--Complicity is a fascinating and sobering work that actually does what so many books pretend to do: shed light on America's past. |