Title: History without people
Product review: The history courses that I took many years ago in NY schools discussed slavery mostly in the context of Southern plantations. I bought this book hoping to learn about the workings of slavery in my native state. I was very disappointed. On first opening the book, I was astonished to note that the name "Sojourner Truth" is not in the index. I soon realized that Dr. McManus is one of those historians who prefers his history without any people cluttering it up. He has produced a work filled with dates, numbers, laws, statistics and footnotes. But almost all trace of individual slaves and masters has been left out of his version of the history of slavery in NY.
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