The Negro in Indiana Before 1900: A Study of a Minority

By Emma Lou Thornbrough

Book Overview

Presenting the history of African Americans in a northern state from their first arrival in the eighteenth century, this study covers their developing legal and economic status, efforts against white racism, and the founding of distinctive African American institutions: fraternal, social, and charitable organizations, churches, and schools.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253359899
• ISBN13: 9780253359896
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"