Free Blacks During The Antebellum A Comparative And...

Free Blacks in the Antebellum: A Comparative and Analytical Study of Free Blacks in Louisville New York City Stokely Carmichael famously said, â€Å"We have to fight for the right to invent the terms which will allow us to define ourselves and to define our relations to society, and we have to fight that these terms will be accepted.† Preceding his statement over 150 years, newly freed blacks began to assimilate into the white-dominated society of the United States. While slavery still dominated in the southern part of the country, blacks in the north began to be freed during and after the American Revolution. While there were instances of free blacks in southern society, as demonstrated by the case study of Louisville, KY, this newfound freedom was commonly seen throughout the northern states, such as New York City. It seems ludicrous to think that while the brutality of slavery increased with Cotton Kingdom, many blacks were beginning new lives as free citizens of the United States of America. Howev er outlandish, census data confirms that free slaves did indeed exist and were becoming a part of life in metropolitan America. This rural-to-urban migration pattern makes sense, though, as these newly freed blacks settled away from the urban places that were forced to call home for nearly a century. A comparative analysis of a northern city, New York City, and a city of the upper-south, Louisville, not only validates this rural-to-urban migration, but also demonstratesShow MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesMeyerowitz, ed., History and September 11th John McMillian and Paul Buhle, eds., The New Left Revisited David M. Scobey, Empire City: The Making and Meaning of the New York City Landscape Gerda Lerner, Fireweed: A Political Autobiography Allida M. Black, ed., Modern American Queer History Eric Sandweiss, St. Louis: The Evolution of an American Urban Landscape Sam Wineburg, Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past Sharon Hartman Strom, Political Woman: