Liberty’s Chain : Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York (David N. Gellman - CH) fido For good reason

For good reason

and broader observations of a world at war

lies the institution of slavery

Following the Battle of Gettysburg Lydia returned home to find her small house damaged from Confederate artillery that preceded Pickett’s Charge and the orchards

It is a short but dense reference work that teaches American history by weaving historical themes with the aid of maps and photos that enable "learning on two wheels

Liberty’s Chain : Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York (David N. Gellman - CH) fido For good reasonby David N. Gellman In Liberty's Chain, David N. Gellman shows how the Jay family, abolitionists, and slaveholders alike, embodied the contradictions of the revolutionary age. The Jays of New York were a preeminent founding family. John Jay, diplomat, Supreme Court justice, and coauthor of the Federalist Papers, and his children and grandchildren helped chart the course of the Early American Republic. Liberty's Chain forges a new path for thinking