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Freedom's port : the African American community of Baltimore, 1790-1860 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Phillips, Christopher, 1959 November 1-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1997]
Series:Blacks in the New World.
Subjects:
African Americans > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 19th century.
Free African Americans > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 19th century.
Baltimore (Md.) > Race relations.
Table of Contents:
  • Slavery and the growth of Baltimore
  • The roots of quasi-freedom
  • The urban mélange
  • The contours of quasi-freedom
  • Climbing Jacob's ladder
  • The maturation of a Black community
  • "Cursed with freedom"
  • "Freedom shall not perish".