Freedom's port
Subtitle: the African American community of Baltimore, 1790-1860
By: Christopher Phillips.
Series: Blacks in the New World
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: African Americans -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 19th century.; Free African Americans -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 19th century.; Baltimore (Md.) -- Race relations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-336) and index.
Table of contents: title: Slavery and the growth of Baltimore; title: The roots of quasi-freedom; title: The urban mélange; title: The contours of quasi-freedom; title: Climbing Jacob's ladder; title: The maturation of a Black community; title: "Cursed with freedom"; title: "Freedom shall not perish".