ISBN:
9780226317755
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (396 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Historical Studies of Urban America Series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.896/07307471/09
Keywords:
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
;
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
;
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1775-1865
;
New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations -- History
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Slavery in Colonial New York -- Chapter 2. The Struggle against Slavery in Revolutionary and Early National New York -- Chapter 3. Creating a Free Black Community in New York City during the Era of Emancipation -- Chapter 4. Free but Unequal: The Limits of Emancipation -- Chapter 5. Keeping Body and Soul Together: Charity Workers and Black Activism in Post-emancipation New York City -- Chapter 6. The Long Shadow of Southern Slavery: Radical Abolitionists and Black Political Activism against Slavery and Racism -- Chapter 7. "Pressing Forward to Greater Perfection": Radical Abolitionists, Black Labor, and Black Working- Class Activism after 1840 -- Chapter 8. "Rulers of the Five Points": Blacks, Irish Immigrants, and Amalgamation -- Chapter 9. The Failures of the City -- Afterword (2023) -- Notes -- Works Consulted -- Index.
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