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A nation within a nation

Ernest, John

2011

Overview

John Ernest offers a comprehensive survey of the broad-ranging and influential African American organizations and networks formed in the North in the late eighteenth century through the end of the Civil War. He examines fraternal organizations, churches, conventions, mutual aid benefit and literary societies, educational organizations, newspapers, and magazines. Ernest argues these organizations demonstrate how African Americans self-definition was not solely determined by slavery as they tried to create organizations in the hope of creating a community.

• Publisher: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group,Ivan R. Dee,Ivan R. Dee, Inc
• Subject: 19th century / African American churches / African American churches -- History -- 19th century / African American fraternal organizations / African American fraternal organizations -- History -- 19th century / African American press / African American press -- History -- 19th century / African American schools / African American schools -- History -- 19th century / African Americans / African Americans -- Congresses -- History -- 19th century / African Americans -- Education -- History -- 19th century / African Americans -- Race identity -- History -- 19th century / African Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century / African Americans -- Societies, etc. -- History -- 19th century / American Civil War / Community organization / Community organization -- United States -- History -- 19th century / Ethnic minorities / Ethnicity / Social conditions / Social history / Social organization / U.S.A
• ISBN: 9781566638074, 1566638070