A nation within a nation : organizing African-American communities before the Civil War / John Ernest.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ernest, John.

Series:

American Ways Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Societies, etc--History--19th century.

African Americans.

African American fraternal organizations--History--19th century.

African American fraternal organizations.

African American churches--History--19th century.

African American churches.

African Americans--Congresses--History--19th century.

African American schools--History--19th century.

African American schools.

African American press--History--19th century.

African American press.

African Americans--Race identity--History--19th century.

African Americans--Social conditions--19th century.

African Americans--Education--History--19th century.

Community organization--United States--History--19th century.

Community organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, Inc., c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John 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.</

Contents:

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 Author

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Includes index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-36189-3

1-283-00945-5

9786613009456

1-56663-917-4

OCLC:

705539073