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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"Here will we take our stand": Weeksville's origins, from slavery to freedom, 1770-1840 -- "Owned and occupied by our own people": Weeksville's growth: family, work, and community, 1840-1860 -- "Shall we fly or shall we resist?": from emigration to the Civil War, 1850-1865 -- "Fair schools, a fine building, finished writers, strong minded women": politics, women's activism, and the roots of Progressive reform, 1865-1910 -- "Cut through and gridironed by streets": physical changes, 1860-1880 -- "Part of this magically growing city": Weeksville's growth and disappearance, 1880-1910 -- "A seemingly viable neighborhood that no longer exists": Weeksville, lost and found, 1910-2010. |
| Summary |
In 1966 a group of students, Boy Scouts, and local citizens rediscovered all that remained of a then virtually unknown community called Weeksville: four frame houses on Hunterfly Road. This book reconstructs the social history and national significance of this place. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Weeksville (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
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New York (N.Y.) -- History.
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National Book Committee. |
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History. |
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African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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African Americans. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) |
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HISTORY -- General. |
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New York (State) -- New York -- Brooklyn. |
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New York (State) -- New York -- Weeksville. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wellman, Judith. Brooklyn's promised land 9780814724156 (DLC) 2014020829 (OCoLC)876883317 |
| ISBN |
9780814725283 (electronic book) |
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0814725287 (electronic book) |
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9780814724156 |
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0814724159 |
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9780814744468 |
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081474446X |
| Standard No. |
40024266286 |
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