A Nation Within a NationJohn Ernest offers a comprehensive survey of the broad-ranging and influential African American organizations and networks formed in the North in the late eighteenth century through the end of the Civil War. He examines fraternal organizations, churches, conventions, mutual aid benefit and literary societies, educational organizations, newspapers, and magazines. Ernest argues these organizations demonstrate how African Americans self-definition was not solely determined by slavery as they tried to create organizations in the hope of creating a community. |
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Contents
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Chapter 2 Mutual Interest Mutual Benefit Mutual Relief | 29 |
Chapter 3 Plain and Simple Gospel | 53 |
Chapter 4 The United Wisdom of the World | 82 |
Chapter 5 The Collected Wisdom of Our People | 107 |
Chapter 6 Breaking The Chains of Ignorance | 139 |
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| Title | A Nation Within a Nation American Ways |
| Author | John Ernest |
| Publisher | Government Institutes, 2011 |
| ISBN | 1566639174, 9781566639170 |
| Length | 232 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / United States / 19th Century History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) History / United States / General Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies |
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