New York Founders in a Revolutionary Age Scherr, Arthur. creator author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut SpringerLink (Online service) text sz 2024 1st ed. 2024. monographic eng

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access XXII, 274 p. 3 illus. online resource. "The idea that America's heralded founders were antislavery slaveholders boggles the mind.... Arthur Scherr shows how self-interest won out over moral principle in this intensive, argumentative study of John Jay and Alexander Hamilton." —Andrew Burstein, Manship Emeritus Professor of History, Louisiana State University, USA "Scherr's impressive new book makes it clear that Hamilton and Jay were prisoners of a tyrannical system they neither created nor... summon[ed] the power to destroy." —Robert M. S. McDonald, Professor of History, United States Military Academy, USA "Scherr, known for his trenchant evaluation of prior scholarship, his exhaustive research, and his vigorously independent conclusions grounded in evidence, has done it again in this book. He effectively disproves the romanticized portrayals of Hamilton, and less significantly Jay, as persistent, dedicated, consequential opponents of slavery." —John B. Boles, William P. Hobby Emeritus Professor of History at Rice University, USA In this groundbreaking study, Arthur Scherr examines the positions on slavery held by two of the most famous New Yorkers of the early American Republic: John Jay and Alexander Hamilton. Using Hamilton's 1779 proposal to free Southern slaves on the condition that they fight in the Continental Army as a starting point, Scherr assesses the pair’s positions on enslavement. Utilizing often-untouched resources, Scherr offers a re-evaluation of Hamilton and Jay’s modern status as antislavery icons. Arthur Scherr taught at the City University of New York, USA. He is the author of several critically acclaimed books, including Thomas Jefferson’s Haitian Policy: Myths and Realities (2011), John Adams, Slavery, and Race: Ideas, Politics, and Diplomacy in an Age of Crisis (2018), and Rightful Liberty: Slavery, Morality, and Thomas Jefferson’s World (2021). Part 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. by Arthur Scherr. United States History History, Modern Race US History Modern History Race and Ethnicity Studies E171-183.9 9783031717970 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71797-0 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71797-0 250110 20251030114923.0 978-3-031-71797-0