Tasting freedom
Subtitle: Octavius Catto and the battle for equality in Civil War America
By: Daniel R. Biddle and Murray Dubin.
Contributors: Dubin, Murray.
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781592134656
Subjects: Catto, Octavius V., -- 1839-1871; McMullen, William, -- 1824-1901; Free African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography; African American political activists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography; African American teachers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography; African American baseball players -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century; Civil rights movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century; Racism -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Charleston; title: Arm in arm; title: "Keep the flame burning..."; title: With giants; title: Lessons; title: The Irish, the killers, and Squire McMullen; title: "Arise, young North"; title: How much I yearn to be a man; title: A chance on the pavement; title: The wolf killers; title: Manhood; title: The battle for streetcars; title: Baseball; title: The hide of the rhinoceros; title: Election day; title: The Venus of the high trapeze; title: Epilogue: The legacy.