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In hope of liberty : culture, community, and protest among northern free Blacks, 1700-1860 / James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horton, James Oliver.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--History--To 1863.
- African Americans.
- Free African Americans--History.
- Free African Americans.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1998, c1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- "First published in 1997 by Oxford University Press, Inc., 1997. First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1998"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-323) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780197713853
- 0197713858
- 9780199880799
- 0199880794
- 9781280530203
- 1280530200
- 9781423760191
- 1423760190
- 9780195352368
- 019535236X
- 9781602563186
- 1602563187
- OCLC:
- 70782155
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb02341 hdl
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