{"product_id":"a-hudson-valley-reckoning-discovering-the-forgotten-history-of-slaveholding-in-my-dutch-american-family-hardback-9781501776564","title":"A Hudson Valley Reckoning; Discovering the Forgotten History of Slaveholding in My Dutch American Family (Hardback) 9781501776564","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Hudson Valley Reckoning\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDiscovering the Forgotten History of Slaveholding in My Dutch American Family\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDebra Bruno (Author), Eleanor C. Mire (Afterword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501776564\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 October 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages, 22 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 1 map - 22 Halftones, black and white - 1 Maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn excavation of the carefully constructed cultural fiction that paints the North as an innocent bystander to America's original sin. Deeply moving.\u003c\/p\u003e (The Washington Post) \u003cp\u003eWhile chasing down these little-known stories, Bruno examines her own intentions: \"Was I looking for absolution?\" Her answer: a calling drew her to the task—and good thing, too, for this is very well done. A strong, surprising addition to the history of slavery in America.\u003c\/p\u003e (Kirkus Reviews) \u003cp\u003eA valiant, in-depth, and invaluable investigation.\u003c\/p\u003e (Booklist) \u003cp\u003eA fascinating read and a valuable resource.\u003c\/p\u003e (WAMC Northeast Public Radio) \u003cp\u003eEach of the thirteen chapters offers a lesson for family historians, making Ms. Bruno's book well worth the read. One need not have Dutch heritage or enslaver ancestors to benefit from her story\u003ci\u003e. A Hudson Valley Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e is a probing, investigative, yet sensitive story in which she exhumes the long-buried bones of her enslaver ancestors. The 'reckoning' manifests itself in the acknowledgement of her family's slaveholding past, and this acknowledgement testifies to the healing power of uncovering our ancestors' stories.\u003c\/p\u003e (The NYG\u0026amp;B Record) \u003cp\u003eBruno's research methods are as honed as any historian's, and she tells the story in an engaging and conversational manner. The book is strongly recommended to all who love investigatory researching, an engrossing story, and Hudson Valley color in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e (The New Amsterdam History Center) \u003cp\u003eExcellent.\u003c\/p\u003e (New York Almanack) \u003cp\u003eAn eye-opening, detailed and moving account of the seldom told story of Northern slavery, and their own families' histories.\u003c\/p\u003e (Here \u0026amp; Now (NPR, WBUR)) \u003cp\u003eBruno might have collected these facts into a stuffy academic tome, but this history is a fast-paced read, replete with vividly depicted portraits of hundreds of lives.\u003c\/p\u003e (Shelf Awareness) \u003cp\u003eIt took Bruno about a decade to discover the history of slavery in Ulster and Greene Counties... Through a Facebook group called I've Traced My Enslaved Ancestors and Their Owners, she connected with Eleanor Mire of Malden, Massachusetts, a descendant of the people Bruno's ancestors had enslaved.\u003c\/p\u003e (NYRB)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Hudson Valley Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e tells the long-ignored story of slavery's history in upstate New York through Debra Bruno's absorbing chronicle that uncovers her Dutch ancestors' slave-holding past and leads to a deep connection with the descendants of the enslaved people her family owned. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBruno, who grew up in New York's Hudson Valley knowing little about her Dutch heritage, was shaken when a historian told her that her Dutch ancestors were almost certainly slaveholders. Driven by this knowledge, Bruno began to unearth her family's past. In the last will and testament of her ancestor, she found the first evidence: human beings bequeathed to his family along with animals and furniture. The more she expanded her family tree, the more enslavers she found. She reached out to Black Americans tracing their own ancestry, and by serendipitous luck became friends with Eleanor C. Mire, a descendent of a woman enslaved by Bruno's Dutch ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Hudson Valley Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e recounts Bruno's journey into the nearly forgotten history of Northern slavery and of the thousands of enslaved people brought in chains to Manhattan and the Hudson Valley. With the help of Mire, who provides a moving epilogue, Debra Bruno tells the story of white and Black lives impacted by the stain of slavery and its long legacy of racism, as she investigates the erasure of the uncomfortable truths about our family and national histories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Reluctant Archeologist\u003cbr\u003e 1. Fifty Beaver Skins\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Lost History\u003cbr\u003e 3. \"They Are Calling to Us\"\u003cbr\u003e 4. A Vile Slander\u003cbr\u003e 5. We May Be Van Bergens after All\u003cbr\u003e 6. Resistance and Running\u003cbr\u003e 7. Casper and Nancy in the Twilight\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Last Enslavers\u003cbr\u003e 9. Roots of Poison and Bitterness\u003cbr\u003e 10. Confederates in the Family\u003cbr\u003e 11. Vanderzee by Vanderzee, Filling in the Puzzle\u003cbr\u003e 12. What Remains\u003cbr\u003e 13. Repair\u003cbr\u003e Afterword: Full Circle, by Eleanor C. Mire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Three Hills","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739553362200,"sku":"9781501776564","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-hudson-valley-reckoning-discovering-the-forgotten-history-of-slaveholding-in-my-dutch-american-family-hardback-9781501776564","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}