The Manor: Three Centuries at a Slave Plantation on Long Island

by Griswold, Mac
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ISBN: 9781250050205
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Overview

In 1984, the landscape historian Mac Griswold was rowing along a Long Island creek when she came upon Sylvester Manor, a stately mansion guarded by hulking boxwoods. When Griswold went inside, she encountered a house full of revelations, including a letter from Thomas Jefferson and--most remarkable and disturbing--what the aged owner, Andrew Fiske, casually called the "slave staircase."

This staircase would reveal the extensive but little-known story of Northern slavery, and in 1997 Griswold returned with a team of archaeologists, uncovering a landscape filled with stories. Based on years of research--and voyages that took her as far as West Africa--Griswold has given us both the biography of a place that has witnessed war and reversals in fortune, and the riveting story of the family that has occupied it for three centuries. A fine-grained account and a sweeping drama, The Manor captures American history in all its richness and contradictions.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Griswold, Mac
  • ISBN: 9781250050205
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.90 x 1.20
  • Number Of Pages: 480
  • Publication Year: 2014

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