{"product_id":"for-adams-sake-a-family-saga-in-colonial-new-england","title":"For Adam's Sake: A Family Saga in Colonial New England","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the New England Historical Association’s James P. Hanlan Book Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner the Association for the Study of Connecticut History’s Homer D. Babbidge Jr. Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Incomparably vivid . . . as enthralling a portrait of family life [in colonial New England] as we are likely to have.”―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the tradition of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s classic, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Midwife’s Tale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, comes this groundbreaking narrative by one of America’s most promising colonial historians. Joshua Hempstead was a well-respected farmer and tradesman in New London, Connecticut. As his remarkable diary―kept from 1711 until 1758―reveals, he was also a slave owner who owned Adam Jackson for over thirty years. In this engrossing narrative of family life and the slave experience in the colonial North, Allegra di Bonaventura describes the complexity of this master\/slave relationship and traces the intertwining stories of two families until the eve of the Revolution. Slavery is often left out of our collective memory of New England’s history, but it was hugely impactful on the central unit of colonial life: the family. In every corner, the lines between slavery and freedom were blurred as families across the social spectrum fought to survive. In this enlightening study, a new portrait of an era emerges. 16 pages of illustrations; 2 maps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduct Details: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: Allegra di Bonaventura\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages: 464\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eDimensions: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e5.5 x 1.3 x 8.3\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Old Sturbridge Village Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51657445835065,"sku":"11754","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/2085\/0745\/files\/71embbnFmsL._SY522.jpg?v=1767460649","url":"https:\/\/shop.osv.org\/products\/for-adams-sake-a-family-saga-in-colonial-new-england","provider":"Old Sturbridge Village Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}