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Author:

Shaik, Fatima, 1952- author.

Title:

Economy Hall : the hidden history of a free Black brotherhood / Fatima Shaik.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

The Historic New Orleans Collection,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

525 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Subject:

Boguille, Ludger,--1812-1892.
Economy and Mutual Aid Association--History.
African Americans--New Orleans--New Orleans--Intellectual life--19th century.
Creoles--New Orleans--New Orleans--Intellectual life--19th century.
Racism--New Orleans--New Orleans--History--19th century.
Colorism--New Orleans--New Orleans--History--19th century.
African Americans--New Orleans--New Orleans--History--19th century.
Creoles--New Orleans--New Orleans--History--19th century.
New Orleans (La.)--History--History--19th century.
African Americans.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
Colorism.
Creoles.
Creoles--Intellectual life.
Race relations.
Racism.
Louisiana--New Orleans.
1800-1899
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue : the people who disappeared -- The age of hope : 1791-1836 -- The age of awareness : 1836-1857 -- The age of pride : 1857-1858 -- The age of courage : 1858-1872 -- The age of treachery : 1872-1891 -- The age of transformation : 1891-1919 -- Epilogue : the people who stayed.

Summary:

"Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood tells the story of the Societe d'Economie et d'Assistance Mutuelle, a New Orleans mutual aid society founded by free men of color in 1836. The group was one of the most important multiethnic, intellectual communities in the US South: educators, world-traveling merchants, soldiers, tradesmen, and poets who rejected racism and colorism to fight for suffrage and education rights for all. The author drew on the meeting minutes of the Societe d'Economie as well as census and civil records, newspapers, and numerous archival sources to write a narrative stretching from the Haitian Revolution through the early jazz age"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0917860802
9780917860805

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1201667191

LCCN:

2020047492

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)