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Author:

Horton, James Oliver.

Title:

Black Bostonians : family life and community struggle in the antebellum North / James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton.

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Publisher:

Holmes & Meier,

Copyright Date:

1999

Description:

xxv, 198 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Afro-Americans--Boston--Boston--Economic conditions.
Afro-Americans--Boston--Boston--Social conditions.
Afro-American families--Boston.--Boston.
Boston (Mass.)--Economic conditions.
Boston (Mass.)--Social conditions.

Other Authors:

Horton, Lois E.,

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-191) and index.

Contents:

Profile of Black Boston -- Families and households in Black Boston -- Formal and informal organizations and associations -- The community and the church -- Leaders and community activists -- Segregation, discrimination, and community resistance -- The integration of abolition -- The fugitive and the community -- A decade of militancy.

ISBN:

9780841913806 (paperback : alk. paper)
0841913803 (paperback : alk. paper)
9780841913790 (hard cover : alk. paper)
084191379X (hard cover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41516556

LCCN:

99034883

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)