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Presenting the history of African Americans in a northern state from their first arrival in the eighteenth century, this study covers their developing legal and economic status, efforts against white racism, and the founding of distinctive African American institutions: fraternal, social, and charitable organizations; churches; and schools.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition

1. Involuntary Servitude

2. Population Movement 1816-1860

3. Exclusion and Colonization Movements

4. Personal Liberty

5. Legal, Economic, Social Patterns

6. Churches and Schools

7. Civil War Years

8. Population Changes 1865-1900

9. Attainment of Citizenship and Suffrage

10. Equal Protection of the Laws?

11. Political Activity

12. Education 1865-1900

13. Earning a Livelihood

14. Social Organization

15. Epilogue

Index

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 22/08/1993
      ISBN13: 9780253359889, 978-0253359889
      ISBN10: 0253359880
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presenting the history of African Americans in a northern state from their first arrival in the eighteenth century, this study covers their developing legal and economic status, efforts against white racism, and the founding of distinctive African American institutions: fraternal, social, and charitable organizations; churches; and schools.

      Table of Contents

      Preface to the Second Edition
      Preface to the First Edition

      1. Involuntary Servitude

      2. Population Movement 1816-1860

      3. Exclusion and Colonization Movements

      4. Personal Liberty

      5. Legal, Economic, Social Patterns

      6. Churches and Schools

      7. Civil War Years

      8. Population Changes 1865-1900

      9. Attainment of Citizenship and Suffrage

      10. Equal Protection of the Laws?

      11. Political Activity

      12. Education 1865-1900

      13. Earning a Livelihood

      14. Social Organization

      15. Epilogue

      Index

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