Title Stories of freedom in Black New York / Shane White

Edition First Harvard University Press paperback edition Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2007, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (260 pages) Summary Annotation White recreates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. Through research, he imaginatively recovers the raucous world of the street, the elegance of the city's African American balls and the grubbiness of the Police Office Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-249) and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ACLS Humanities, viewed September 26, 2014) Subject African Company (N.Y.) -- History African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Intellectual life -- 19th century African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 19th century African American theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century African American actors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography Slavery -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century African American actors African American theater African Americans African Americans -- Intellectual life African Americans -- Social conditions Intellectual life Race relations Slavery -- Social aspects SUBJECT New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1775-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091421 New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95005014 Subject New York (State) -- New York Genre/Form Biographies History Form Electronic book ISBN 0674025784 9780674025783

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