Stories of freedom in Black New York /

Stories of freedom in Black New York / Shane White.

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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.

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Main Author: White, Shane
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
African Company (N.Y.) > History.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > 19th century.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Intellectual life.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 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.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1775-1865.
New York (N.Y.) > Race relations.
New York (N.Y.) > Intellectual life > 19th century.
New York (State) > New York.
Biographies.
History.

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