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Subject(s)

• African Americans—Maryland—Baltimore—History—19th century [Browse]
• Free African Americans—Maryland—Baltimore—History—19th century [Browse]
• Baltimore (Md.)—Race relations [Browse]

Series

Blacks in the New World [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-336) and index.

Contents

• Slavery and the growth of Baltimore
• The roots of quasi-freedom
• The urban mélange
• The contours of quasi-freedom
• Climbing Jacob's ladder
• The maturation of a Black community
• "Cursed with freedom"
• "Freedom shall not perish".

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ISBN

• 0252023153 (acid-free paper)
• 0252066189 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN

96045818

OCLC

35701217

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