Philadelphia Stories

by Samuel Otter

Book Overview

A historic and symbolic city on the border between slavery and freedom, antebellum Philadelphia was home to one of the largest and most influential "free" African American communities in the United States. The city was seen by residents and observers as the stage on which the possibilities of freedom would be tested and a post-slavery future would be played out for the nation. Philadelphia's charged setting produced a distinctive literary tradition...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195395921
• ISBN13: 9780195395921
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Academic
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"