[PDF.49ys] America's First Black Town: Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915

America's First Black Town: Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915

[PDF.ty74] America's First Black Town: Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915

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 | #959885 in Books |  2000-06-08 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .97 x6.37 x9.37l, | File type: PDF | 296 pages

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||9 of 10 people found the following review helpful.| A Pioneering History|By Jack Blocker|As a professional historical researcher studying African-American migration and urbanization in the Midwest, I found this book invaluable. This is the first study of a black-majority town in the Midwest, and it represents a model of how such a study should be conducted. Anyone tackling the task of writing the history of ordinary people fa|From Booklist|Brooklyn, Illinois, was founded in 1830 by a group of free blacks and escaped slaves. Cha-Jua, an associate professor of history at Southern Illinois University, traces the development of the town ov

'Founded by Chance, Sustained by Courage', Brooklyn, Illinois, was a magnet for African Americans from its founding by free and fugitive Blacks in the 1820s. Initially attractive to escaped slaves and others seeking to live in a Black-majority town, Brooklyn later drew Black migrants eager to commute to jobs in East St. Louis and other industrial centers as an alternative to eking out a living in agriculture. Ultimately, however, this very proximity to the industrializin...

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