Title Economy Hall : the hidden history of a free Black brotherhood / Fatima Shaik.

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New Orleans, Louisiana : The Historic New Orleans Collection, [2021]

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Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	305.8 SHAIK	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction	305.8009 SHAIK	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	525 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [445]-511) and index.
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.
Subject	Boguille, Ludger, 1812-1892.
	Economy and Mutual Aid Association -- History.
	African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
	Creoles -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
	Racism -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
	Colorism -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
	African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
	Creoles -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
	New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
	African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
	African Americans -- Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00799627
	Colorism. (OCoLC)fst01909400
	Creoles. (OCoLC)fst00882825
	Creoles -- Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00882829
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
	Louisiana -- New Orleans. (OCoLC)fst01204311
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	9780917860805 (hardcover)
	0917860802 (hardcover)

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