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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781108303321

Autore

Ernest John

Titolo

A nation within a nation [[electronic resource] ] : organizing African-American communities before the Civil War / / John Ernest

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : Ivan R. Dee, Inc., c2011

ISBN

1-283-00945-5

9786613009456

1-56663-917-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Collana

American Ways Series

Disciplina

973.0496073

973/.0496073

Soggetti

African Americans - Societies, etc - History - 19th century

African American fraternal organizations - History - 19th century

African American churches - History - 19th century

African Americans - History - 19th century

African American schools - History - 19th century

African American press - History - 19th century

African Americans - Race identity - History - 19th century

African Americans - Social conditions - 19th century

African Americans - Education - History - 19th century

Community organization - United States - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Cities on the Hill: Organizing Communities; Chapter 2. Mutual Interest, Mutual Benefit, Mutual Relief; Chapter 3. "Plain and Simple Gospel"; Chapter 4. "The United Wisdom of the World"; Chapter 5. "The Collected Wisdom of Our People"; Chapter 6. Breaking "The Chains of Ignorance"; Chapter 8. Postscript; A Note on Sources; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

John Ernest offers a comprehensive survey of the broad-ranging and influential African American organizations and networks formed in the North in the late eighteenth century through the end of the Civil War. He examines fraternal organizations, churches, conventions, mutual aid



benefit and literary societies, educational organizations, newspapers, and magazines. Ernest argues these organizations demonstrate how African Americans self-definition was not solely determined by slavery as they tried to create organizations in the hope of creating a community.</