Graham Russell Gao Hodges

Black New Jersey

1664 to the Present Day

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Black New Jersey brings to life generations of courageous men and women who fought for freedom during slavery days and later battled racial discrimination. Extensively researched, it shines a light on New Jersey’s unique African American history and reveals how the state’s black citizens helped to shape the nation. 

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9780813595184
• ISBN-10: 0813595185
• Artikelnr.: 51480918

Autorenporträt

Graham Russell Gao Hodges

Inhaltsangabe

C O N T E N T S
List of Illustrations ix
Introduction 1
1 From Initial Euro-African Settlement to the Pre-Revolution, 1625–1763 12
2 From Revolution to Gradual Emancipation, 1764–1804 34
3 Slavery, Freedom, and Struggle, 1804–1860                 59
4 The Civil War and Reconstruction to World War I          98
5 Black New Jersey Battles Jim Crow, 1918–1940         159
6 World War II and Its Aftermath, 1940–1960                  211
7 The 1960s–2014                                                         
 249
8 Present and Future                                                     
 291
Acknowledgments                                                         
 301
Notes                                                                     
        303
Index