Front cover image for Freedom's port : the African American community of Baltimore, 1790-1860

Freedom's port : the African American community of Baltimore, 1790-1860

Print Book, English, ©1997
University of Illinois Press, Urbana, ©1997
History
xiii, 350 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
9780252023156, 9780252066184, 0252023153, 0252066189
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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."