UID:
edocfu_9959227859402883
Format:
1 online resource (353 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-771385-8
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0-19-988079-4
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1-280-53020-0
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1-4237-6019-0
,
0-19-535236-X
,
1-60256-318-7
Content:
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.
Note:
"First published in 1997 by Oxford University Press, Inc., 1997. First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1998"--T.p. verso.
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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
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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
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-504732-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-512465-0
Language:
English
