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Mastering Paradox: John Jay As A Slaveholding Abolitionist, by David N. Gellman
David N. Gellman is Andrew Wallace Crandall Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at DePauw University. He is author of the forthcoming book Liberty’s Chain: The Jay Family, Slavery, and Emancipation, 1685-1912, to be published in 2022 by Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press.