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9780809001224

From Plantation to Ghetto

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  • ISBN13:

    9780809001224

  • ISBN10:

    0809001225

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1976-03-01
  • Publisher: Hill and Wang

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Summary

This pioneering work in African American history begins with the earliest experiences of blacks in the United States and offers an in-depth account of slavery, post-Civil War urban life, the place of religion in African American life, political activism, and the changing occupational and economic status of blacks.

Author Biography

August Meier is University Professor of History Emeritus at Kent State University Elliott Rudwick was professor of history and sociology at Kent State University

Table of Contents

The West African Heritage and Afro-American Historyp. 3
Black Men in Agrarian America: Slavery and the Plantationp. 27
Negroes in the Antebellum Cities: Manumission, Alienation, and Protestp. 87
A Dream Betrayed: Negroes During the Civil War and Reconstructionp. 153
"Up from Slavery": The Age of Accommodationp. 194
Black Men in the Urban Age: The Rise of the Ghettop. 232
The Black Revolt of the 1960'sp. 271
The Legacy of the Black Revoltp. 314
Selected Bibliographyp. 359
Indexp. 389
Map of West Africap. 9
Map of the Slave Coastp. 28
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