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Slavery’s Existence in the North Side
Categorizing as a historical non-fiction book, Ten Hills Farm: The Forgotten History of Slavery in the North is a 265 page book that was written by C.S Manegold and published by the Princeton University Press in 2010. Ten Hills Farm: The Forgotten History of Slavery in the North emphasizes five generation slave owners during the colonial times in New England. Starting with John Winthrop, who later became the governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. He explored until he came across a 600 acre land that would later become a slave inhabited area. “City upon a Hill” was an ideology that the colony would be looked upon by the people.
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This book is what gives us the background knowledge needed to really understand the content we receive in the course. One of the ways it aligns with the content is that education on slavery in the south side is always given but we tend to forget that slavery existed in the north as well. We hear about southern plantation owners, southern slavery and everything happening there but we do not often hear about the slavery that existed in the north. This is also the time in which the “seasoning” period was seen. The “seasoning” period was seen as a time in which the slaves who were seen as “the best” were sent off to the Caribbean where here they were traded with sugar, and tobacco. The seasoning was one of the important factors of how slavery played out. Another way in which this book aligns with the course contents is the way disagreements on religions led to the formation on separatist, Quakers and Puritans. In American History I, we covered the content that explained the revolution of the Church of England. The book related to the course by showing the initiation of how the early 1600’s was also a contributing factor as to history. The content of the book introduced the information by giving us examples as to how and what occurred in order for the slaves to receive freedom. The book mentioned that during the 1700’s that slaves were allowed to file claims against the owners. For example, Mumbet, a slave, filed a claim against her owner in 1781. She wanted her daughter to have protection from the master. When the ruling was on her behalf, it gave hope to other slaves that their freedom could be

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