Before the ghetto; black Detroit in the nineteenth century
By: [by] David M. Katzman.
Series: Blacks in the New World
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 19th century; Detroit (Mich.) -- History
Description: This volume helps fill the gap between slavery and the ghetto in both urban and black history. The author examines a nineteenth century black community in depth, Detroit, and shows that although slavery was abolished in Michigan in 1837, racial distinctions remained in the law and a caste-like social system locked most blacks into an inferior status.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.