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Black Gotham

Carla L. Peterson

2011446 pagesabout 7–10 hours
2011
first published
  • 2011Yale University Press · 446 pages · ENGISBN 9780300162554

Narrates the story of the elite African American families who lived in New York City in the nineteenth century, describing their successes as businesspeople and professionals and the contributions they made to the culture of that time period.

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