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Book SynopsisPart I John Jay And Slavery: A Closer Look At The Founder And The Historians.- Chapter 1. Introduction: John Jay and Enslavement.- Chapter 2. Historians and The Debate Over John Jay's Antislavery Credentials.- Chapter 3. Jay's Attitude Toward Slavery: Fact Versus Fiction.- Chapter 4. Jay's Pragmatic Gubernatorial Campaign (1792).- Chapter 5. Jay's Failure To Address The Question Of Slavery As Governor Of New York.- Chapter 6. Jay And New York's 1799 Emancipation Law.- Chapter 7. Jay's Attitude Toward Slavery In Old Age.- Chapter 8. John Jay And Slavery: Conclusion.- Part II Alexander Hamilton and Black Enslavement: A Reappraisal.- Chapter 9. Introduction: Slavery and Hamilton Today.- Chapter 10. Hamiltonian Historiography On Slavery Over The Years.- Chapter 11. Hamilton, Slavery, and African Americans during the Revolutionary Era.- Chapter 12. Hamilton On Slavery In The National Arena During The 1780s-1790s.- Chapter 13. Hamilton's Ambivalent Role in the New-York Manumission Society.- Chapter 14. Mme. Volunbrun, Hamilton, and the New-York Manumission Society (1801-1802).- Chapter 15. The Volunbrun Affair: Denouement.- Chapter 16. Hamilton's Role in the Volunbrun Case.- Chapter 17. Hamilton and Louverture's Haitian Revolution.- Chapter 18. The Young Ralph Case and Hamilton's Ultimate Defense of Slavery.- Chapter 19. Conclusion: The Flawed Antislavery Legacy Of Hamilton And Jay.
