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LONG HAMMERING

Essays on the Forging of an African American Presence in the Hudson River Valley to the Early Twentieth Century

by A.J Williams-Myers

Long Hammering addresses the integral role that African Americans played in every aspect of Hudson Valley society, which historically is the embryo of New York history. From the time of the colonial period when enslaved African labor was vital to the tremendous wealth New York generated as a British colony, to the end of the 19th century when a more democratic society was, African American involvement was a historical fact.