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Economy Hall : the hidden history of a free Black brotherhood / Fatima Shaik.
Van Pelt Library F379.N59 N4467 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shaik, Fatima, 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boguille, Ludger, 1812-1892.
- Boguille, Ludger.
- Economy and Mutual Aid Association--History.
- Economy and Mutual Aid Association.
- African Americans--Louisiana--New Orleans--Intellectual life--19th century.
- African Americans.
- Creoles--Louisiana--New Orleans--Intellectual life--19th century.
- Creoles.
- Racism--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--19th century.
- Racism.
- Colorism--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--19th century.
- Colorism.
- African Americans--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--19th century.
- Creoles--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--19th century.
- History.
- Intellectual life.
- New Orleans (La.)--Race relations--History--19th century.
- New Orleans (La.).
- African Americans--Intellectual life.
- Creoles--Intellectual life.
- Race relations.
- Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 525 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Orleans, Louisiana : The Historic New Orleans Collection, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood tells the story of the Société d'Economie et d'Assistance Mutuelle, a New Orleans mutual aid society founded by free men of color in 1836. The group was one of the most important multiethnic, intellectual communities in the US South: educators, world-traveling merchants, soldiers, tradesmen, and poets who rejected racism and colorism to fight for suffrage and education rights for all. The author drew on the meeting minutes of the Société d'Economie as well as census and civil records, newspapers, and numerous archival sources to write a narrative stretching from the Haitian Revolution through the early jazz age"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: THE AGE OF HOPE: 1791-1836
- In the Beginning: Haiti, 1791-1820
- The Early Life of Ludger Boguille, 1820-1836
- THE AGE OF AWARENESS: 1836-1857
- The Awakening of Ludger Boguille, 1836-1846
- Boguille Finds Support in the Economie Brotherhood, 1840S-1857
- Boguille Teaches His Own, 1840-1857
- THE AGE OF PRIDE: 1857-1858
- Boguille Takes His Place in the Economie Leadership 1857
- Boguille Takes the High Road, 1857
- 1858
- The Further Erosion of Rights 1858
- THE AGE OF COURAGE: 1858-1872
- From the Militia to the Meeting, 1858
- 1863
- Boguille Steps Forward, 1864-1866
- Boguille, the Radical, 1866-1871
- Boguille and the Economistes Move toward Social Equity, 1871-1872
- THE AGE OF TREACHERY: 1872-1891
- The Former Rebels Push Back, 1872-1874
- Violence Escalates and Boguille's Health Fades, 1874-1877
- Nil Desperandum: Never Despair, 1877-1891
- THE AGE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1891-1919
- An Ode for Boguille, 1891-1892
- Transformation, 1892-1917
- The Carnegie Hall of Jazz 1919.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- American Book Awards, Winner, 2022
- ISBN:
- 9780917860805
- 0917860802
- OCLC:
- 1201667191
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