description: This is the first comprehensive history of African Americans on Long Island, from Brooklyn to the East End and from the African slave trade in colonial days to the Civil Rights struggles of the 1960's and 1970's. Among the topics Professor Day explores The African background and ATlantic slave trade; Slavery in New Netherland and early New YOrk; avenues to freedom and the antislavery movement, family and community life, black churches and schools; and connections between Blacks and Indians.
language: English
title: Making a Way to Freedom: A History of African Americans on Long Island
titlecomplete: Making a Way to Freedom: A History of African Americans on Long Island
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publisher: Empire State Books