"Arresting and enlightening . . .[t]he book looks at the origins of slavery in the region, the kinds of labor enslaved people did, as well as their private lives and their modes of resisting slavery."—Boston Globe
"A lively and compelling account of the largely unknown history of slavery in New England and its lasting impacts on the region."—Emerson W. Baker, author of The Devil of Great Island: Witchcraft and Conflict in Early New England
"In this well-researched, highly readable book, Hardesty makes the enormously difficult topic of slavery in New England understandable."—Harvey Amani Whitfield, author of North to Bondage: Loyalist Slavery in the Maritimes
"Hardesty delivers a highly readable, comprehensive history of slavery in New England that will appeal to lay historians and early-career academic historians alike."—CHOICE
"[A] meticulously researched history that turns on its head the notion that New England was beyond reproach with respect to slavery."—Portland Press Herald
Jared Ross Hardesty is associate professor of history at Western Washington University and author of Unfreedom: Slavery and Dependence in Eighteenth-Century Boston.
