Brooklyn's Promised Land

Judith Wellman

Description

Tells the riveting narrative of the growth, disappearance, and eventual rediscovery of one of the largest free black communities of the nineteenth centuryIn 1966 a group of students, Boy Scouts, and local citizens rediscovered all that remained of a then virtually unknown community called Weeksville: four frame houses on Hunterfly Road. The infrastructure and vibrant history of Weeksville, an African American community that had become one of the largest free black communities in nineteenth century United States, were virtually wiped out by Brooklyn's exploding population and expanding urban grid. Weeksville was founded by African American entrepreneurs after slavery ended in New York State in 1827. Located in eastern Brooklyn, Weeksville provided a space of physical safety, economic prosperity, education, and even political power for its black population, who organized churches, a school, orphan asylum, home for the aged, newspapers, and the national African Civilization Society. Notable residents of Weeksville, such as journalist and educator Junius P. Morell, participated in every major national effort for African American rights, including the Civil War. Drawing on maps, newspapers, census records, photographs, and the material culture of buildings and artifacts, Wellman reconstructs the social history and national significance of this extraordinary place. Through the lens of this local community, Brooklyn's Promised Land highlights themes still relevant to African Americans across the country.

Sujets

• Lettres et linguistique
• USA
• États-Unis
• History

Informations

• Publié par: NYU Press
• Date de parution: 07 novembre 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780814744468
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

Extrait

Brooklyn’s Promised Land

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ôô’ŝ ôŝé à

he Free Black Communîy o Weeksvîlle, New York

Jû éà

a N E W Y O R K U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S New York and London

É Ô ÛÉŚ  ÉŚŚ é ô à ôô .ûéŝŝ.ô © 2014  é ô Ûéŝ Ā ŝ éŝéé éééçéŝ ô éé éŝéŝ (Ûŝ) éé àççûàé à é é ô . éé é àûô ô é ô Ûéŝ éŝŝ ŝ éŝôŝé ô Ûŝ à à àé éé ô çàé ŝçé é àûŝç àŝ éàé. à ô Çôéŝŝ Çààô--ûçàô Dàà éà, Jû. ôô’ŝ ôŝé à : é éé àç çôû ô ééŝé, é ô / Jû éà. àéŝ ç çûéŝ ôàçà éééçéŝ à é. ISBN 978-0-8147-241-6 (ç : à. àé) 1. ééŝé (é ô, ..)—ŝô. 2. ôô (é ô, ..)—ŝô. . é ô (..)—ŝô. 4. Āçà Āéçàŝ—é ô (Śàé)— é ô—ŝô. . é. 128.68.W4W4 2014 974.7’2--ç2 2014020829 é ô Ûéŝ éŝŝ ôôŝ àé é ô àç-éé àé, à é  àéàŝ àé çôŝé ô ŝé à ûà. é ŝé ô ûŝé éôéà éŝôŝé ŝûéŝ à àéàŝ ô é éàéŝ éé ôŝŝé  ûŝ ôû ôôŝ. àûàçûé  é Ûé Śàéŝ ô Āéçà 10 9 8 7 6  4  2 1

Āŝô àààé àŝ à éôô

To e people o Weeksvîlle

pas, presen, and uure;

o Joan Maynard, wose lîg sîll sînes;

and o all ose wo carry on e dream o îndependence, reedom, and respec or Arîcan Amerîcans and all people everywere.

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Contents

Lîs o Illusraîons Acknowledgmens  ôûçô: ôô’ŝ ôŝé à, ééŝé, 18–1910: “Ā ôé ô àçéŝ ô ûç Géàé ééŝôŝ”  . “éé  é àé Ôû Śà”: ééŝé’ŝ Ôŝ, ô Śàé ô ééô, 1770–1840  . “Ôé à Ôççûé  Ôû Ô éôé”: ééŝé’ŝ Gô: à, ô, à Çôû, 1840–1860  . “Śà é  ô Śà é éŝŝ?”: ô Éàô ô é Ç à, 180–186  . “à Śçôôŝ, à é û, ŝé éŝ, Śô é ôé”: ôçŝ, ôé’ŝ Āçŝ, à é ôôŝ ô ôéŝŝé éô, 186–1910  5. “Çû hôû à Gôé  Śééŝ”: ŝçà Çàéŝ, 1860–1880  . “à ô hŝ àçà Gô Ç”: ééŝé’ŝ Gô à Dŝàéààçé, 1880–1910  . “Ā Śéé àé éôôô hà ô ôé Éŝŝ”: ééŝé, ôŝ à ôû, 1910–2010 Noes Index Abou e Auor

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ééŝé à Śàûé Āéŝô “Ûçé Śà’ŝ Çôàé” Ôé ô é éô ŝ Gàŝé é  “àé ô ôô” éFéŝ ôûŝé Āçà Āéçà àà Śéçô ô “Gû’ŝ ôô Śô Śçéé, 1820” ôô àé  éçàé à ç (1842) ôŝé-à ôûŝéŝ, ôô ééŝ Ā..É. Çûç, ééŝé é. Éà Āçàûŝ ééà àŝ Çûç, çà. 181 ééà àŝ Çûç, éé çéû Çôôé Śçôô ô. 2, 18 ééé-çéû ôûŝé, 219 ûFàô Āéûé Gàé Çû ôûŝé à 179 éé Śéé (àçŝ . Gàà) àééé , àûŝ éûéà éé ôéŝà éé Ûé Śàéŝ Çôôé ôô

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