Description |
1 online resource (ix, 446 pages) : illustrations, map |
Contents |
Family, memory, history -- Lower Manhattan, 1795-1865. Collect Street : circa 1819 -- The Mulberry Street School : circa 1828 -- The young graduates : circa 1834 -- A Black aristocracy : circa 1847 -- Whimsy and resistance : circa 1853 -- The Draft Riots : July 1863 -- Union and disunion : circa 1864 -- Brooklyn, 1865-1895. Peter Guignon's private wars : circa 1862 -- Philip White in Brooklyn : circa 1875 -- New women, new men at century's end -- Commemorations |
Summary |
Narrates the story of the elite African American families who lived in New York City in the nineteenth century, describing their successes as businesspeople and professionals and the contributions they made to the culture of that time period |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-429) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
White, Philip, 1823-1891.
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Guigon, Peter, 1813-1885.
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Peterson, Carla L., 1944- -- Family
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Guigon, Peter, 1813-1885 fast |
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Peterson, Carla L., 1944- fast |
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White, Philip, 1823-1891 fast |
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African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
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African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
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African Americans
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African Americans -- Social conditions
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Families
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Social conditions
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New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
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New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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New York (State) -- New York
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2010039306 |
ISBN |
9780300164091 |
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0300164092 |
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1283096137 |
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9781283096133 |
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