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Author:

Kanakamedala, Prithi, author.

Title:

BROOKLYNITES : FREE BLACK COMMUNITIES IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY / Prithi Kanakamedala.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century.
African American neighborhoods--New York--New York--19th century.
Croger family.
Hodges family.
Wilson family.
Gloucester family.
African American families--New York--New York--19th century.
African Americans--New York--New York--19th century.
Freed persons--New York--New York--19th century.
New York (N.Y.)--History.--History.

Notes:

2024/09/24 Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Brooklyn's Families -- Prologue: An Incomplete Revolution -- Part I: From Village to City, 1790 - 1827 -- An Emerging City -- "The Time Has Now Arrived," Brooklyn, 1827 -- Part II: The Expanding City, 1830s - 1840s -- Village to City: Annexing Williamsburgh -- An Anti-Slavery Picnic -- Part III: The City in Crisis, 1850s -- City of Commerce -- Brooklyn, 1850 -- City of Refuge -- Part IV: Brooklyn and the Nation, 1860s - 1870s -- "All the elite and fashion of this portion of the Anglo-African world," Brooklyn, 1860 -- "The Half has Never Been Told".

Summary:

"Brooklyn has a distinct story in the history of social justice. Explore the rich history of New York City's second largest borough, and the thriving nineteenth-century free Black community that once called it home"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1479833096
9781479833092

LCCN:

2023053496

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)