Frontiers of freedom
Subtitle: Cincinnati's Black community, 1802-1868
By: Nikki M. Taylor
Series: Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: African Americans -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- Social conditions -- 19th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- History -- 19th century; Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Race relations; Cincinnati (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century
Description: "Frontiers of Freedom: Cincinnati's Black Community, 1802-1868 traces the progress of the black community as it moved from alienation and vulnerability in the 1820s toward collective consciousness and, eventually, political self-respect and self-determination. As author Nikki M. Taylor points out, this was a community that at times supported all-black communities, armed self-defense, and separate, but independent, black schools. Black Cincinnati's strategies to gain equality and citizenship were as dynamic as they were effective. When the black community united in armed defense of its homes and property during an 1841 mob attack, it demonstrated that it was no longer willing to be exiled from the city as it had been after a similar attack in 1829"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-300) and index