Brooklyn's Promised Land The Free Black Community of Weeksville, New York |
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| Author:
| Wellman, Judith |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8147-2415-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2014 |
| Publisher: | New York University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $193.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.