Black Gotham
Subtitle: a family history of African Americans in nineteenth-century New York City
By: Carla L. Peterson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9780300162554
Description: Narrates the story of the elite African American families who lived in New York City in the nineteenth century, describing their successes as businesspeople and professionals and the contributions they made to the culture of that time period.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.