In Hope of Liberty
Culture, Community and Protest among Northern Free Blacks, 1700-1860
Published on 23. July 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-19-512465-1 (ISBN)
Description
Covering the colonial period to the Civil War, spanning all of the northern United States, In Hope of Liberty documents the antebellum northern black experience. In examining churches, schools, music, living arrangements, occupations, even the underground railroad, the Hortons point out the central role of the black community in successfully managing the tensions born of assimilation and cultural difference. In the process, they detail the extensive national contributions of northern blacks.
Reviews / Votes
what makes In Hope of Liberty so stimulating is the juxtaposition of the broad historical sweep with individual experience. * S-M Grant, American Studies, 33:2, 1999. * it is the Horton's ability to pull together such a wide and varied range of individual voices that makes this work so approachable. * S-M Grant, American Studies, 33:2, 1999. * Given the amount of scholarship to-date on the themes of black culture, community and protest, the Hortons have set their sights high in attempting a single-volume study covering all three topics. They have nevertheless succeeded in producing a work of synthesis which is both broad in scope and, most importantly, accessible to a wide readership. * S-M Grant, American Studies, 33:2, 1999. *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
578 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-512465-1 (9780195124651)
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James O. Horton | Lois E. Horton
In Hope of Liberty
Culture, Community and Protest Among Northern Free Blacks, 1700-1860
E-Book
04/1998
1st Edition
OUP USA
€21.99
Available for download
James O. Horton | Lois E. Horton
In Hope of Liberty
Culture, Community and Protest Among Northern Free Blacks, 1700-1860
E-Book
04/1998
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€21.99
Available for download
Persons
James Oliver Horton is the Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Studies and History at the George Washington University, directs the African-American Communities Project at the Smithsonian Institution, and is the author of Free People of Color: Inside the African American Community.
Lois E. Horton is Professor of Sociology and American Studies at George Mason University and the co-author of Black Bostonians: Family Life and Community Struggles in the Antebellum North.
Lois E. Horton is Professor of Sociology and American Studies at George Mason University and the co-author of Black Bostonians: Family Life and Community Struggles in the Antebellum North.