Forging Freedom : The Formation of Philadelphia's Black Community Nash HC/DJ

by Gary B. Nash

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First edition

Harvard University Press, 1988, hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good hardcover in Very Good- dust jacket. Light edgewear to dj. DJ is in a protective and removable mylar cover. "This book is the first to trace the good and bad fortunes, over more than a century, of the earliest large free black community in the United States. Gary Nash shows how, from colonial times through the Revolution and into the turbulent 1830s, blacks in the City of Brotherly Love struggled to shape a family life, gain occupational competence, organize churches, establish neighborhoods and social networks, advance cultural institutions, educate their children in schools, forge a political consciousness, and train black leaders who would help abolish slavery."--from the dj. Illustrated with b&w photos. 8vo – 7 ¾” to 9 1/2" tall. 354 pp

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Year: 1988
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780674309340
• Condition: Very Good

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