Philadelphia's Black Elite: Activism, Accommodation, and the Struggle for Autonomy, 1787-1848

Abstract

Acknowledgments Introduction: Elite of Our People 1. The Emergence of the Elite, 1787-1822 2. The Elite and African Resettlement 3. Alternatives to Africa: Emigration to the West Indies and Canada 4. The Elite and Slavery 5. The Philadelphia Leadership and the National Convention Movement, 1830-1835 6. The American Moral Reform Society and Its Opponents: The Second Phase of Conventionism 7. Political Change and Racial Violence, 1830-1848 8. The Elite in 1848 Epilogue: The New Activists Notes Bibliography Index