In hope of liberty [[electronic resource] ] : culture, community, and protest among northern free Blacks, 1700-1860 / / James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton
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| Autore: |
Horton James Oliver
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| Titolo: |
In hope of liberty [[electronic resource] ] : culture, community, and protest among northern free Blacks, 1700-1860 / / James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998, c1997 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.0496073 |
| Soggetto topico: | African Americans - History - To 1863 |
| Free African Americans - History | |
| Altri autori: |
HortonLois E
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| Note generali: | "First published in 1997 by Oxford University Press, Inc., 1997. First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1998"--T.p. verso. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-323) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Introduction; 1. Slavery and Slave Trading in the Colonial North; 2. Culture, Race, and Class in the Colonial North; 3. Revolution and the Abolition of Northern Slavery; 4. A Life in Freedom: The Evolution of Family and Household; 5. Coping with Urban Life: Poverty, Work, and Regional Differences; 6. Sustaining and Serving the Community: Building Institutions for Social and Spiritual Welfare; 7. Culture, Politics, and the Issue of African-American Identity; 8. Ambivalent Identity: Colonization and the Question of Emigration; 9. The Growth of the Antebellum Antislavery Movement |
| 10. The Widening Struggle, Growing Militancy, and the Hope of Liberty for AllEpilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Covering the colonial period to the Civil War and spanning all of the northern United States, this text documents the antebellum northern black experience. It demonstrates the central role of the black community in successfully managing the tensions born of assimilation and cultural difference. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | In hope of liberty |
| ISBN: | 0-19-771385-8 |
| 0-19-988079-4 | |
| 1-280-53020-0 | |
| 1-4237-6019-0 | |
| 0-19-535236-X | |
| 1-60256-318-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784672503321 |
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