<B>Winner of a 2020-2021 <I>New York City Book Award</I><BR/><BR/>In a rapidly changing New York, two forces battled for the city's soul: the pro-slavery New Yorkers who kept the illegal slave trade alive and well, and the abolitionists fighting for freedom.</B><DIV><BR/>We often think of slavery as a southern phenomenon, far removed from the booming cities of the North. But even though slavery had been outlawed in Gotham by the 1830s, Black New Yorkers were not safe. Not only was the city built on the backs of slaves; it was essential in keeping slavery and the slave trade alive.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>In <I>The Kidnapping Club</I>, historian Jonathan Daniel Wells tells the story of the powerful network of judges, lawyers, and police officers who circumvented anti-slavery laws by sanctioning the kidnapping of free and fugitive African Americans. Nicknamed "The New York Kidnapping Club," the group had the tacit support of institutions from Wall Street to Tamma
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<b><i>Vogue''s</i> Best Books of Summer 2021</b><br><br>¿Everyone had a clearer vision of my body than I did. It didn¿t feel as if my body was really mine...¿ At age fourteen, Jonathan Wells weighs just...
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Stress-Free Engine Maintenance is an accessible and practical guide to understanding what is going on with your boat¿s engine, how to look after it, spotting the signs when all is not well, and how to fix it. Learn how to change a filter and impeller,...
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