Brooklyn's promised land : the free black community of Weeksville, New York /

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Author / Creator:Wellman, Judith.
Imprint:New York : New York University, 2014.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12645273
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ISBN:9780814725283
0814725287
9780814724156
0814724159
9780814744468
081474446X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:In 1966 a group of students, Boy Scouts, and local citizens rediscovered all that remained of a then virtually unknown community called Weeksville: four frame houses on Hunterfly Road. This book reconstructs the social history and national significance of this place.
Other form:Print version: Wellman, Judith. Brooklyn's promised land 9780814724156
Standard no.:40024266286

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