The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War
Jonathan Daniel Wells
Hachette Book Group
Slavery in New York City: Even though slavery had been outlawed by the 1830s, Black New Yorkers were not safe. Not only was the city built on the backs of enslaved people, New York was essential in keeping slavery and the slave trade alive. Taking readers into the bustling streets and posts of America's great Northern metropolis, The Kidnapping Club is a dramatic account of the ties between slavery and capitalism, the deeply corrupt roots of policing, and the strength of Black activism.