A Respectable Woman : : The Public Roles of African American Women in 19th-Century New York /

A Respectable Woman : : The Public Roles of African American Women in 19th-Century New York / / Jane E. Dabel.

In the nineteenth century, New York City underwent a tremendous demographic transformation driven by European immigration, the growth of a native-born population, and the expansion of one of the largest African American communities in the North. New York's free blacks were extremely politically...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Dabel, Jane E.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2008]
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. “I Resided in Said City Ever Since”
  • 2. “We Were Not as Particular in the Old Days about Getting Married as They Are Now”
  • 3. “I Washed for My Living”
  • 4. “Idle Pleasures and Frivolous Amusements”
  • 5. “They Turned Me Out of My House”
  • 6. “We Should Cultivate Those Powers”
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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