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Black Gotham : a family history of African Americans in nineteenth-century New York City /

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.

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Main Author: Peterson, Carla L., 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Subjects and Genres:
White, Philip, > 1823-1891.
Guigon, Peter, > 1813-1885.
Peterson, Carla L., > 1944- > Family.
Peterson, Carla L., > 1944-
1800-1899
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > 19th century.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Noirs américains > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains > New York (État) > New York > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Society.
African Americans.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Families.
Social conditions.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
New York (State) > New York.
Biography
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Family, memory, history
  • Lower Manhattan, 1795-1865. Collect Street : circa 1819 ; The Mulberry Street School : circa 1828 ; The young graduates : circa 1834 ; Community building : circa 1840 ; 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.

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