{"product_id":"the-kidnapping-club-wall-street-slavery-and-resistance-on-the-eve-of-the-civil-war-paperback","title":"The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Daniel Wells\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of a 2020-2021 \u003ci\u003eNew York City Book Award\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cbr\u003eWe 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. In \u003ci\u003eThe Kidnapping Club\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 Tammany Hall whose wealth depended on the Southern slave and cotton trade. But a small cohort of abolitionists, including Black journalist David Ruggles, organized tirelessly for the rights of Black New Yorkers, often risking their lives in the process. Taking readers into the bustling streets and ports of America's great Northern metropolis, \u003ci\u003eThe Kidnapping Club\u003c\/i\u003e is a dramatic account of the ties between slavery and capitalism, the deeply corrupt roots of policing, and the strength of Black activism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Daniel Wells \u003c\/b\u003eis a social, cultural, and intellectual historian and a Professor of History in the Departments of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan. He is currently a Visiting Scholar at Gonville \u0026amp; Caius College at the University of Cambridge. His published works include \u003ci\u003eThe Origins of the Southern Middle Class, Women Writers and Journalists in the Nineteenth-Century South\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA House Divided: The Civil War and Nineteenth-Century America\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Detroit, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765937930528,"sku":"9781645030331","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4323d99f8f9a622226006f7f63ae3af7.webp?v=1780283026","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-kidnapping-club-wall-street-slavery-and-resistance-on-the-eve-of-the-civil-war-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}