 | The Ragged Road to Abolition: Slavery and Freedom in New Jersey, 1775-1865 Subjects: Slavery -- New Jersey -- History; Slavery -- New Jersey -- Legal status of slaves in free states -- History; Anti-slavery movements -- New Jersey -- History; New Jersey -- History -- 1775–1865; James J. Gigantino II shatters the easy dichotomy between free and slave states in early America. The Ragged Road to Abolition illustrates how slavery in New Jersey persisted until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment and reveals the myriad ways this marginalized the state's free blacks. James J. Gigantino II is Associate Professor of History at the University of Arkansas. |
