For Adam's sake : a family saga in colonial New England / Allegra Di Bonaventura.

Author: Di Bonaventura, Allegra.

Edition Statement:First edition.

Imprint:New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, A division of W.W. Norton & Company, c2013.

Descriptionxviii, 441 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Note:"As in the Beginning of the World" -- The Rogerenes -- "Fore-runners of evil" -- "Brought up in learning" -- "Fornication among you" -- "One flesh" -- "She was taken away from me wrongfully" -- "The ways of providence" -- A Higher Court -- "A pestilence into that land" -- "Adam is come" -- Bream Cove and beyond -- "Their children's children" -- "Adam worked all day" -- "The wonderful work of God".

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note:Uses the diary of an American colonial in pre-Revolutionary New England to discuss slavery, the family, and everyday life of the time period.

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