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Peterson, Carla L.
Subjects
Blacks -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Blacks -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Blacks -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Peterson, Carla L.
Blacks -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Blacks -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Blacks -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Black
Gotham
: a
family
history
of
African
Americans
in
nineteenth-century
New
York
City
/ Carla L. Peterson.
by
Peterson, Carla L.
Yale University Press, c2011
Call #:
305.896 P485b
Subjects
Blacks --
New
York
(State) --
New
York
--
History
-- 19th century.
Blacks --
New
York
(State) --
New
York
-- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Blacks --
New
York
(State) --
New
York
-- Biography.
New
York
(N.Y.) -- Biography.
New
York
(N.Y.) --
History
-- 19th century.
New
York
(N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9780300181746 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Family
history
of
African
Americans
in
nineteenth-century
New
York
City
Description:
ix, 446 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-429) and index.
Summary:
"Part detective tale, part social and cultural narrative,
Black
Gotham
is Carla Peterson's riveting account of her quest to reconstruct the lives of her
nineteenth-century
ancestors. As she shares their stories and those of their friends, neighbors, and business associates, she illuminates the greater
history
of African-American elites in
New
York
City
.
Black
Gotham
challenges many of the accepted "truths" about African-American
history
, including the assumption that the phrase "
nineteenth-century
black
Americans
" means enslaved people, that "
New
York
state before the Civil War" refers to a place of freedom, and that a
black
elite did not exist until the twentieth century. Beginning her story in the 1820s, Peterson focuses on the pupils of the Mulberry Street School, the graduates of which went on to become eminent African-American leaders. She traces their political activities as well as their many achievements in trade, business, and the professions against the backdrop of the expansion of scientific racism, the trauma of the Civil War draft riots, and the rise of Jim Crow. Told in a vivid, fast-paced style,
Black
Gotham
is an important account of the rarely acknowledged achievements of
nineteenth-century
African
Americans
and brings to the forefront a vital yet forgotten part of American
history
and culture."--From publisher.
Other authors:
Peterson, Carla L., 1944-
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Central Library
Adult Biography
305.896 P485b
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