Land and freedom : rural society, popular protest, and party politics in antebellum New York / Reeve Huston.
In the early 19th century, most of New York's farmland was controlled by a few families. In 1839, some tenants created a movement to destroy the estates and to redistribute the land. This work brings to life the voices of antebellum northern farmers as they debated social and political issues.
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