More than freedom : fighting for black citizenship in a white republic, 1829-1889 /

The story of the African American journey from slavery to freedom usually begins with heroic abolitionists, peaks with emancipation during the Civil War and trails off amid Reconstruction's violence. Here, historian Stephen Kantrowitz redefines our understanding of this entire era by showing th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kantrowitz, Stephen David, 1965-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
Series:	Penguin history of American life.
Subjects:	African Americans > Massachusetts > Boston Region > History > 19th century. African Americans > Civil rights > Massachusetts > Boston Region > History > 19th century. Free African Americans > Massachusetts > Boston Region > History > 19th century. Free African Americans > Civil rights > Massachusetts > Boston Region > History > 19th century. Citizenship > United States > History > 19th century. Boston Region (Mass.) > Race relations > History > 19th century. Boston Region (Mass.) > History > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

A place for "colored citizens"
Fighting Jim Crow in the cradle of liberty
Our unfinished church
The means of elevation
The heirs of Crispus Attucks
Outlaws
The fall and rise of the United States
Radical reconstruction on Beacon Hill
"The war of races"
Burying Lewis Hayden.