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Encyclopedia of free Blacks and people of color in the Americas / editor, Stewart R. King ; associate editor, Beverly C. Tomek.
Van Pelt Library E29.N3 E53 2011 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Facts on File library of American history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Free Black people--America--History--Encyclopedias.
- Free Black people.
- Free African Americans--History--Encyclopedias.
- Free African Americans.
- Black people--America--History--Encyclopedias.
- Black people.
- Race relations.
- History.
- America--Race relations--Encyclopedias.
- America.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (xxxvii, 875, 50 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Facts On File, [2011]
- Summary:
- Encyclopedia of Free Blacks and People of Color in the Americas is the first reference book to cover this crucial subject. Arranged alphabetically, this new, two-volume encyclopedia includes articles on all major events, issues, and concepts relevant to the free black community in the United States from the colonial period to the Civil War and in the rest of the Western Hemisphere from the late 1400s to the late 1800s, when emancipation became universal. Nearly 400 articles cover every country, colony, state, city, and region in the Americas with a significant presence of free blacks, and biographies, thematic articles, and entries on related subjects shed light on this fascinating topic. Featuring primary sources, illustrations, maps, tables, charts, a chronology, cross-references, suggestions for further reading, and a bibliography, this unique, original, and groundbreaking encyclopedia provides a wealth of information not available anywhere else.
- Contents:
- V. 1. A-J
- v. 2. K-Z.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0816072124
- 9780816072125
- OCLC:
- 401141907
- Publisher Number:
- 99947755981
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