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Author:

Cha-Jua, Sundiata Keita, 1953-

Title:

America's first Black town : Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915 / Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

xiv, 276 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Afro-Americans--Lovejoy--Lovejoy--History.
Lovejoy (Ill.)--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-258) and index.

Contents:

Preface -- Introduction: "founded by chance, sustained by courage" -- From separate settlement to biracial town: Blacks in Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-60 -- Uncovering Brooklyn's African American population, 1850-70 -- From outlaws to lawmakers, 1870-85 -- Mobilizing the race: John L. Evans, decolonization, and consolidation of Black political power, 1886-1906 -- Proletarianization, dependency, and underdevelopment, 1890-1910 -- The Black municipality and the white colonial county, 1898-1915 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

ISBN:

9780252025372
0252025377

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41944555

LCCN:

99006776

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)