{"product_id":"libertys-chain-9781501715846","title":"Libertys Chain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Herbert H. Lehman Prize for Distinguished Scholarship from the New York Academy of History.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberty''s Chain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, David N. Gellman shows how the Jay family, abolitionists and slaveholders alike, embodied the contradictions of the revolutionary age.\u003c\/b\u003e The Jays of New York were a preeminent founding family. John Jay, diplomat, Supreme Court justice, and coauthor of the Federalist Papers, and his children and grandchildren helped chart the course of the Early American Republic. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberty''s Chain\u003c\/i\u003e forges a new path for thinking about slavery and the nation''s founding. John Jay served as the inaugural president of a pioneering antislavery society. His descendants, especially his son William Jay and his grandson John Jay II, embraced radical abolitionism in the nineteenth century, the cause most likely to rend the nation. The scorn of their elite peersand racist mobsdid not deter their commitment to end southern slavery and t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScrupulously documented and lucidly written, this is an eye-opening look at the complex legacy of slavery in America.\u003c\/p\u003e * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Gellman's Liberty's Chain is an elegantly written study of slavery across several generations of the Jay family of New York, which offers an important intervention into several literatures on race and slavery in U.S. history\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of the Early Republic *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGellman is a crisp writer who directs both his central characters and his large supporting cast with clarity and economy without sacrificing intellectual heft or moral complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid N. Gellman \u003ci\u003eLiberty's Chain\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegantly written study of slavery across several generations of the Jay family of New York, which offers an important intervention into several literatures on race and slavery in U.S. history.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of the Early Republic *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGellman's account kept this reviewer—admittedly not always an enthusiastic reader of studies about white founders—engrossed to the very last page.\u003c\/p\u003e * William \u0026amp; Mary Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue: Founding\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart One: Slavery and Revolution\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Disruptions\u003cbr\u003e 2. Rising Stars\u003cbr\u003e 3. Negotiations\u003cbr\u003e 4. Nation-Building\u003cbr\u003e 5. Mastering Paradox\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sharing the Flame\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Two: Abolitionism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. Joining Forces\u003cbr\u003e 8. A Conservative on the Inside\u003cbr\u003e 9. Breaking Ranks\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Condition of Free People of Color\u003cbr\u003e 11. Soul and Nation\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Three: Emancipation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 12. Uncompromised\u003cbr\u003e 13. Parting Shots\u003cbr\u003e 14. Civil Wars\u003cbr\u003e 15. Reconstructed\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Reckoning\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409328316759,"sku":"9781501715846","price":26.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501715846.jpg?v=1730506437","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/libertys-chain-9781501715846","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}