# Root and Branch, Vol. 1

By **Graham Russell Gao Hodges**

- ISBN-13: 9780807824924
- Series: [The John Hope Franklin Series In African American History And Culture](https://mybookbandits.com/series/the-john-hope-franklin-series-in-african-american-history-and-culture)
- Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 424
- Published: 31 Oct 1999

## About this book

A history of African Americans in New York City and its rural environs from the arrival of the first African in 1613 to the Bloody Draft Riots of 1863. It explores the twin themes of freedom and servitude, city and countryside, and work, religion and resistance that shaped life in the region.

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