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Freedom's port : the African American community of Baltimore, 1790-1860
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- Creator
- Christopher Phillips
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1997]
- ©1997
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 350 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780252023156, 0252023153, 9780252066184, 0252066189
- OCLC
- ocm35701217
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-336) and index.
- 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"