Description: Forging Freedom: The Formation of Philadelphia's Black Community, 1720-1840 History Forging Freedom: The Formation of Philadelphia's Black Community, 1720-1840 by Gary B. Nash The book features a unique look at Black History, neat vintage charm, plenty of history and philosophy, lots of reference material and exhaustive research. Nash’s account includes elements of both poignant triumph and profound tragedy. Keeping in focus both the internal life of the black community and race relations in Philadelphia generally, he portrays first the remarkable vibrancy of black institution-building, ordinary life, and relatively amicable race relations, and then rising racial antagonism. The promise of a racially harmonious society that took form in the postrevolutionary era, involving the integration into the white republic of African people brutalized under slavery, was ultimately unfulfilled. Such hopes collapsed amid racial conflict and intensifying racial discrimination by the 1820s. This failure of the great and much-watched “Philadelphia experiment” prefigured the course of race relations in America in our own century, an enduringly tragic part of this country’s past. Copyright 1988 Pages: 354 pages Publisher: Harvard University Press The book measures approx. 9 by 6 inches. The cover is nice with some very light gentle wear. The dustjacket has some small tears, edgewear and light rubbing. The spine end is good with some gentle wear on the ends. The boards and corners are in nice shape. The hinges and binding are tight and strong. The pages are bright and clean with some very minor wear and foxing, book is nice. Inventory: 0623BJ599
Price: 19.99 USD
Location: Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania
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Topic: United States
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