John and Susan Kean And the Culture of Slavery in the New Nation

Authors

  • Jonathan Mercantini

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14713/njh.v127i1.1753

Abstract

Abstract: The correspondence of John and Susan Kean, opened only recently at Liberty Hall Museum / Kean University, offers a first-hand glimpse of slaveholding after the triumph of the American Revolution. The couple’s letters narrate a story of contradiction, complexity, and paradox.

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Published

2012-06-18

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