Annotation White recreates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. Through research, he imaginatively recovers the raucous world of the street, the elegance of the city's African American balls and the grubbiness of the Police Office
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-249) and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ACLS Humanities, viewed September 26, 2014)