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The elite of our people : Joseph Willson's sketches of Black upper-class life in antebellum Philadelphia /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Willson, Joseph
Other Authors: Winch, Julie, 1953-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2000]
Subjects:
African Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 19th century.
Upper class > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 19th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Description
Item Description:Originally published: Sketches of the higher classes of colored society in Philadelphia. Philadelphia : Merrihew and Thompson, printers, 1841. With new introduction and extensive annotations.
Physical Description:xvi, 196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-185) and index.
ISBN:0271020202 (acid-free paper)
0271020210 (pbk. : acid-free paper)