A Nation Within a Nation : Organizing African-American Communities Before the Civil War.

A Nation Within a Nation : Organizing African-American Communities Before the Civil War.

John Ernest offers a comprehensive survey of the broad-ranging and influential African American organizations and networks formed in the North in the late eighteenth century through the end of the Civil War. He examines fraternal organizations, churches, conventions, mutual aid benefit and literary...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Ernest, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2011
Subjects:
African Americans > Societies, etc. > History > 19th century.
African American fraternal organizations > History > 19th century.
African American churches > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Congresses > History > 19th century.
African American schools > History > 19th century.
African American press > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Race identity > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Social conditions > 19th century.
African Americans > Education > History > 19th century.
Community organization > United States > History > 19th century.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central

Internet

Full text (MCPHS users only)

Similar Items