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Ernest John |
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Titolo |
A nation within a nation : organizing African-American communities before the Civil War / / John Ernest |
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Chicago, : Ivan R. Dee, Inc., c2011 |
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979-82-16-36189-3 |
1-283-00945-5 |
9786613009456 |
1-56663-917-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (229 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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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.</ |
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