LEADER 04648nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910808399303321 005 20221108022710.0 010 $a0-674-04514-9 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674045149 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805587 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050956 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000251730 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11191540 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000251730 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10169164 035 $a(PQKB)11459922 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300723 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10331309 035 $a(OCoLC)923117040 035 $a(DE-B1597)574536 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674045149 035 $a(dli)HEB08984 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000012925659 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300723 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805587 100 $a20020529d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStories of freedom in Black New York /$fShane White 205 $a1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-02578-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-249) and index. 327 $aIntroduction 1. The End of Slavery 2. Staging Freedom 3. Shakespeare's True Representative 4. Imitation Epilogue Notes Acknowledgments Index 330 8 $aWhite recreates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. Through research, he imaginatively recovers the raucous world of the street, the elegance of the city's African American balls and the grubbiness of the Police Office.$bStories of Freedom in Black New York recreates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. In the early decades of the nineteenth century, New York City's black community strove to realize what freedom meant, to find a new sense of itself, and, in the process, created a vibrant urban culture. Through exhaustive research, Shane White imaginatively recovers the raucous world of the street, the elegance of the city's African American balls, and the grubbiness of the Police Office. It allows us to observe the style of black men and women, to watch their public behavior, and to hear the cries of black hawkers, the strident music of black parades, and the sly stories of black conmen. Taking center stage in this story is the African Company, a black theater troupe that exemplified the new spirit of experimentation that accompanied slavery's demise. For a few short years in the 1820's, a group of black New Yorkers, many of them ex-slaves, challenged pervasive prejudice and performed plays, including Shakespearean productions, before mixed race audiences. Their audacity provoked feelings of excitement and hope among blacks, but often of disgust by many whites for whom the theater's existence epitomized the horrors of emancipation. Stories of Freedom in Black New York brilliantly intertwines black theater and urban life into a powerful interpretation of what the end of slavery meant for blacks, whites, and New York City itself. White's story of the emergence of free black culture offers a unique understanding of emancipation's impact on everyday life, and on the many forms freedom can take. 606 $aAfrican Americans$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xIntellectual life$y19th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xSocial conditions$y19th century 606 $aAfrican American theater$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAfrican American actors$zNew York (State)$zNew York$vBiography 606 $aSlavery$xSocial aspects$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xHistory$y1775-1865 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xRace relations 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xIntellectual life$y19th century 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xSocial conditions 615 0$aAfrican American theater$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican American actors 615 0$aSlavery$xSocial aspects$xHistory 676 $a974.7100496073 700 $aWhite$b Shane$0848559 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808399303321 996 $aStories of freedom in Black New York$92264237 997 $aUNINA