Prologue: Founding -- Disruptions -- Rising stars -- Negotiations -- Nation-building -- Mastering paradox -- Sharing the flame -- Joining forces -- A conservative on the inside -- Breaking ranks -- The condition of free people of color -- Soul and nation -- Uncompromised -- Parting shots -- Civil wars -- Reconstructed -- Epilogue: Reckoning.
Summary
"This book studies the Jay family's relationship to the institution of slavery, to enslaved people, and to the abolitionist movement in New York and the United States from 1685 to 1912" -- Provided by publisher.
