By Edgar J. McManus, with a Foreword by Richard B. Morris. A comprehensive account of slavery in New York State-long thought to be a bastion of the antislavery movement-from the importation of blacks in the seventeenth century until its abolition 1841. The author shows the role of the Negro in the largest and most important slave system in colonial times north of the Mason-Dixon line, with special attention to the urban slave. Certainly this highly readable account is an important contribution to our understanding of Northern Slavery. Thoroughly researched, clearly structured, admirably written, the book is a model for the writing of a topic in local and regional history. 6 x 9