Black identity and Black protest in the antebellum North /

Rael, Patrick.

Black identity and Black protest in the antebellum North / Patrick Rael. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002. - xii, 421 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. . - John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-407) and index.

Of men, lions, and history -- A different measure of oppression : leadership and identity in the Black North -- Besieged by freedom's army : antislavery celebrations and Black activism -- The sign of things : the "names controversy" and Black identity -- Discipline of the heart, discipline of the mind : the sources of Black social thought -- Slaves to a wicked public sentiment : Black respectability and the response to prejudice -- A nation out of a nation : Black nationalism as nationalism -- This temple of liberty : Black racialism and American identity -- Conclusion : Black protest and the continuing revolution.

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African Americans--Race identity--Northeastern States.
African Americans--Intellectual life.--Northeastern States
African Americans--Intellectual life--19th century.
African Americans--History--To 1863.
Free African Americans--History--Northeastern States--19th century.
African American leadership--History--Northeastern States--19th century.
Protest movements--History--Northeastern States--20th century.


Northeastern States--Race relations.

E185.9 / .R34 2002