Stories of Freedom in Black New York

By Shane White

Book Overview

White recreates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. Through research, he imaginatively recovers the racous world of the street, the elegance of the city's African American balls and the grubbiness of the Police Office.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674008936
• ISBN13: 9780674008939
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.4"