Liberty’s Chain : Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York (David N. Gellman - CH) codori and Frank J

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630 days) of Georgia's social

From a soldier’s diary with the pencil still attached to John Brown’s pike

and classes not only fostered a greater sense of tolerance but also forged a new American identity

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Liberty’s Chain : Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York (David N. Gellman - CH) codori and Frank Jby David N. Gellman In Liberty's Chain, David N. Gellman shows how the Jay family, abolitionists, and slaveholders alike, embodied the contradictions of the revolutionary age. 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. Liberty's Chain forges a new path for thinking