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Black Bostonians : family life and community struggle in the Antebellum North James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks F73.9.N4 H67 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horton, James Oliver.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Massachusetts--Boston--Social conditions.
- African Americans.
- African American families--Massachusetts--Boston.
- African American families.
- African Americans--Massachusetts--Boston--Economic conditions.
- Boston (Mass.)--Social conditions.
- Boston (Mass.).
- Boston (Mass.)--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 198 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Rev. ed., 20th anniversary ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Holmes & Meier, 1999.
- Contents:
- Profile of Black Boston
- Families and households in Black Boston
- Formal and informal organizations and associations
- The community and the church
- Leaders and community activists
- Segregation, discrimination, and community resistance
- The integration of abolition
- The fugitive and the community
- A decade of militancy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-191) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives
- ISBN:
- 0841913803 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 084191379X (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 41516556
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