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...

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1. Verfasser: Shaik, Fatima 1952- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Orleans, Louisiana The Historic New Orleans Collection [2021]
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:"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 US 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"--
Beschreibung:525 Seiten Illustrationen, Portraits 24 cm
ISBN:9780917860805