Philadelphia's Black Elite: Activism, Accommodation, and the Struggle for Autonomy, 1787-1848

by Julie Winch

Book Overview

Traces the personalities and the policies of two generations of leaders in one of the largest and most influential free black communities in antebellum America. Moving beyond their commitment to antislavery, this work examines the range of other causes to which they devoted themselves, from moral reform and civil rights to Caribbean emigration.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087722515X
• ISBN13: 9780877225157
• Release Date: February 1988
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"