03664nam 2200781Ia 450 991082248230332120230126204044.01-283-00945-597866130094561-56663-917-4(CKB)2550000000031106(EBL)662263(OCoLC)705539073(SSID)ssj0000471571(PQKBManifestationID)11297802(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471571(PQKBWorkID)10417453(PQKB)11363076(MiAaPQ)EBC662263(Au-PeEL)EBL662263(CaPaEBR)ebr10465516(CaONFJC)MIL300945(EXLCZ)99255000000003110620101014d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA nation within a nation organizing African-American communities before the Civil War /John ErnestChicago Ivan R. Dee, Inc.c20111 online resource (229 p.)American Ways SeriesIncludes index.1-56663-807-0 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 AuthorJohn 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.</American Ways SeriesAfrican AmericansSocieties, etcHistory19th centuryAfrican American fraternal organizationsHistory19th centuryAfrican American churchesHistory19th centuryAfrican AmericansCongressesHistory19th centuryAfrican American schoolsHistory19th centuryAfrican American pressHistory19th centuryAfrican AmericansRace identityHistory19th centuryAfrican AmericansSocial conditions19th centuryAfrican AmericansEducationHistory19th centuryCommunity organizationUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAfrican AmericansSocieties, etc.HistoryAfrican American fraternal organizationsHistoryAfrican American churchesHistoryAfrican AmericansHistoryAfrican American schoolsHistoryAfrican American pressHistoryAfrican AmericansRace identityHistoryAfrican AmericansSocial conditionsAfrican AmericansEducationHistoryCommunity organizationHistory973.0496073973/.0496073Ernest John1637145MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822482303321A nation within a nation4040626UNINA