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Black Charlestonians : A Social History, 1822-1885

Because of its large free black population, Charleston provided a case study of black social-class stratification and social mobility even before the war. Reconstruction only emphasized that stratification, and Powers examines in detail the aspirations and concessions that shaped the lives of the ne...

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Autor principal: Powers, Bernard E., Jr
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fayetteville, AR : University Of Arkansas Press, 1994.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; One. Slavery in Antebellum Charleston; Two. Free Black Life in Antebellum and Civil War Charleston; Three. "An Earnest Assertion of Manhood": The Quest for Civic and Political Equality; Four. The Search for Economic Security: Labor and Work in Reconstruction Charleston; Five. "The Great Work before Us": Education as the Means to Elevate a Race; Six. Class, Status, and Social Life in the Black Community; Seven. "Behold a New Zion": The Black Church; Eight. "An Equal Chance in the Race of Life": Postbellum Race Relations.
  • The Legacy of Reconstruction: A Postscript; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.