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Author Di Bonaventura, Allegra.

Title For Adam's sake : a family saga in colonial New England / Allegra di Bonaventura.

Publication Info. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, A Division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  974.6 DI BONAVENTURA    Check Shelf
 Avon Free Public Library - Local History  AVONHISTORY 974.6 DI BONAVENTURA    In-Library Use Only
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  974.6 DIB    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  974.6 DIB    Storage
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  974.6 DI BONAVENTURA    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  974.6 DI BONAVENTURA    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  974.602 DIB    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  974.6 DI    DUE 05-14-24
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Non Fiction  974.6 DI BONAVENTURA    DUE 04-17-24
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  974.602 DI BONAVENTURA    Check Shelf

Edition First Edition.
Description xviii, 8 unnumbered pages of plates, 441 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Summary Joshua Hempstead wrote in his diary nearly every day for more than forty-seven years. A man of infrequent exposition, he nevertheless cataloged his daily labor and family fortunes in New London, Connecticut, with astonishing detail. A good citizen, well-respected farmer and tradesman, and devoted father of nine, Joshua, who lived from 1678 to 1758, shared his home with one person longer than any other: Adam Jackson, his slave. Examining Hempstead's historically revealing diary, Allegra di Bonaventura captures a portrait of slavery in the early North.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-416) and index.
Contents "As in the beginning of the world" -- The Rogerenes -- "Fore-funners of evil" -- "Brought up in learning" -- "Fornication among you" -- "One flesh" -- "She was taken away from me wrongfully" -- "The ways of Providence" -- A higher court -- "A pestilence into that land" -- "Adam is ome" -- Bream Cove and beyond -- "Their children's children" -- "Adam worked all day" -- "The wonderful work of God".
Subject Jackson, Adam, 1700-1764.
Enslaved persons -- Connecticut -- New London -- Biography.
Connecticut -- Church history -- 18th century.
Slavery -- Connecticut -- New London -- History -- 18th century.
Local Subject Enslavers -- Connecticut -- New London -- Biography.
Subject Enslaved persons -- Family relationships -- Connecticut -- New London -- History -- 18th century.
Hempstead, Joshua, 1678-1758.
Connecticut -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
Slaveholders -- Connecticut -- New London -- Biography.
New London (Conn.) -- History -- 18th century.
ISBN 9780871404305 hardcover
0871404303 hardcover
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