| Description |
xii, 340 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Slavery and slave trading in the colonial north -- Culture, race, and class in the colonial north -- Revolution and the abolition of northern slavery -- A life in freedom : the evolution of family and household -- Coping with urban life : poverty, work, and regional differences -- Sustaining and serving the community : building institutions for social and spiritual welfare -- Culture, politics, and the issue of African-American identity -- Ambivalent identity : colonization and the question of emigration -- The growth of the antebellum antislavery movement -- The widening struggle, growing militancy, and the hope of liberty for all. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-323) and index. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- History -- To 1863.
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Free African Americans -- History.
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| Added Author |
Horton, Lois E.
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| ISBN |
019504732X (acid-free paper) |
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