Boston's Abolitionists

Name: Boston's Abolitionists
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ISBN: 9781933212197

ISBN-10: 1933212195

ISBN-13: 9781933212197

Edition: 2006

Authors: Kerri Greenidge, Kerri Greenidge

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Slavery was outlawed as an institution in Massachusetts in 1783, and by 1790 all of the more than five thousand blacks living in the state were free. In Boston, African-Americans formed a vibrant community centered on the north slope of Beacon Hill, complete with their own Masonic order, their own church and school, even their own poet, Phillis Wheatley. During the following seventy years, as America came to a boil and Civil War approached, black Bostonians, abetted by a handful of thoughtful whites, helped lead the fight against slavery. In this concise history of a tumultuous period, a scholar of the African-American community in Boston vividly describes and thoughtfully analyzes the…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Applewood Books
Publication date: 8/11/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 76
Size: 5.58" wide x 8.58" long x 0.23" tall
Weight: 0.022
Language: English