{"product_id":"a-hudson-valley-reckoning-discovering-the-forgotten-history-of-slaveholding-in-my-dutch-american-family-hardcover","title":"A Hudson Valley Reckoning: Discovering the Forgotten History of Slaveholding in My Dutch American Family - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDebra Bruno\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEleanor C. Mire\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDebra Bruno is a journalist whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other publications. She lives in Washington, DC. For more information, visit her website debrabruno.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978236690733,"sku":"9781501776564","price":31.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/NmhlMuQC4k9781501776564.webp?v=1775801191","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-hudson-valley-reckoning-discovering-the-forgotten-history-of-slaveholding-in-my-dutch-american-family-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}