Syracuse African Americans
(2006)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Arcadia Publishing : Made available through hoopla, 2006
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781439632598 (electronic bk.) MWT11453593, 1439632596 (electronic bk.) 11453593
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Syracuse African Americans abounds with hard work, forbearance, determination, strength, and spirit. It depicts through photographs the heritage of this upstate New York African American community. The story spans several centuries, beginning when escaped slaves made salt here and sold it to the Native Americans. Once a hotbed of abolitionism, Syracuse was the site of a protest against the Fugitive Slave Law. Later, as the city became a manufacturing center, its black population increased
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