Download or read book A History of Negro Slavery in New York written by Edgar J. McManus and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book traces the origins and development of New York's slave system from its Dutch beginnings in New Netherland to its demise and legal extinction in the late eighteenth century."--Preface.