Brooklynites : The Remarkable Story of the Free Black Communities That Shaped a Borough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kanakamedala, Prithi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gloucester family.

Wilson family.

Hodges family.

Croger family.

African American families--New York (State)--New York--19th century.

African American families.

African American neighborhoods--New York (State)--New York--19th century.

African American neighborhoods.

African Americans--New York (State)--New York--19th century.

African Americans.

Freed persons--New York (State)--New York--19th century.

Freed persons.

New York (N.Y.)--Race relations--History.

New York (N.Y.).

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century.

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"Brooklyn has a distinct story in the history of social justice. Explore the rich history of New York City's second largest borough, and the thriving nineteenth-century free Black community that once called it home"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Brooklyn's Families

Prologue: An Incomplete Revolution

Part I: From Village to City, 1790

1827

An Emerging City

"The Time Has Now Arrived," Brooklyn, 1827

Part II: The Expanding City, 1830s

1840s

Village to City: Annexing Williamsburgh

An Anti-Slavery Picnic

Part III: The City in Crisis, 1850s

City of Commerce

Brooklyn, 1850

City of Refuge

Part IV: Brooklyn and the Nation, 1860s

1870s

"All the elite and fashion of this portion of the Anglo-African world," Brooklyn, 1860

"The Half has Never Been Told".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Kanakamedala, Prithi Brooklynites

ISBN:

9781479833139

OCLC:

1453194738