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Author Lacy, Dan, 1914-2001.

Title The white use of Blacks in America : 350 years of law and violence, attitudes and etiquette, politics and change / Dan Lacy
Edition [First edition]
Published New York : McGraw-Hill, 1973

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 MELB  305.896073 Lac/Wuo 1973  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 275 pages ; 21 cm
Contents Introduction. 1. In which free land enslaves blacks. 2. In which the declaration that all men are created equal makes blacks not men. 3. In which the steam engine, which enriched whites, revived the slavery of blacks. 4. In which war changes the means by which blacks are held to labor. 5. In which North and South debate the role of blacks and the North leaves the South to decide. 6. In which Southern whites restore control of blacks. 7. In which control of the powerless blacks is perfected. 8. In which war provides new uses for blacks. 9. In which a depression and a new deal redefine the uses of blacks. 10. In which war renews the uses of blacks. 11. In which the legal position of blacks is revolutionized. 12. In which a new affluence further improverishes poor blacks. 13. In which whites are driven to find new uses for blacks. Bibliography. Index
Notes McGraw-Hill paperbacks
Previous ed.: New York : Atheneum, 1972
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 258-264
Subject African Americans -- Economic conditions.
SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
ISBN 007035751X