Economy Hall : the hidden history of a free Black brotherhood /
Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood tells the story of the Société d'Economie et d'Assistance Mutuelle, a New Orleans mutual aid society founded by free men of color in 1836. The group was one of the most important multiethnic, intellectual communities in the South...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Orleans :
Historic New Orleans Collection,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood tells the story of the Société d'Economie et d'Assistance Mutuelle, a New Orleans mutual aid society founded by free men of color in 1836. The group was one of the most important multiethnic, intellectual communities in the South, educators, world-traveling merchants, soldiers, tradesmen and poets who rejected racism and colorism to fight for suffrage and education rights for all. The author drew on the meeting minutes of the Société d'Economie as well as census and civil records, newspapers and numerous archival sources to write a narrative stretching from the Haitian Revolution through the early jazz age. |
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| Physical Description: | 525 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780917860805 0917860802 |