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Author : Andrew I. Heidelberg
Release : 2006
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 052/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Norfolk 17 by : Andrew I. Heidelberg
Download or read book The Norfolk 17 written by Andrew I. Heidelberg. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ruth A. Rose
Release : 2000
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 640/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Norfolk Virginia by : Ruth A. Rose
Download or read book Norfolk Virginia written by Ruth A. Rose. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norfolk has been a center of African-American life since this country's humble beginnings, when indentured African servants arrived in 1619 to the Tidewater region. Since that time, the African-American population has endured the atrocities of slavery, poverty, and inequality, and has emerged, through a remarkable combination of hard work, perseverance, and faith, as a vibrant community and an integral component to the identity and success of Norfolk and surrounding areas.
Author : Tommy Bogger
Release : 1997
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 903/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Free Blacks in Norfolk, Virginia, 1790-1860 by : Tommy Bogger
Download or read book Free Blacks in Norfolk, Virginia, 1790-1860 written by Tommy Bogger. This book was released on 1997. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very few studies of free blacks have attempted to interpret the actions and events affecting them from their own perspectives. At the same time. the search for understanding the antebellum black experience in the South usually has centered on slaves. In Free Blacks in Norfolk, Virginia, 1790-1860, Tommy L. Bogger portrays lives somewhere between slavery and freedom. A free black community of skilled artisans and semi-skilled laborers emerged in Norfolk around 1800. Some free blacks earned the respect of leading white businessmen, and many enjoyed easy access to credit and steady employment. They showed no hesitation in suing recalcitrant debtors -- black or white -- and until 1805 they could count on the cooperation of court officials in helping them to collect. But from then on. free blacks experienced a steady decline in status that continued throughout the antebellum period. Legal restraints were placed on them at the same time that Norfolk's economy stagnated. and white immigrants arriving in the 1830s entered fields once monopolized by blacks. By the 1850s the free black community was sunk in hopelessness and despair. Free Blacks in Norfolk, Virginia, 1790-1860 discusses the active roles that blacks played in creating their community, contradicting prevalent images of free blacks at the mercy of whites. While previous studies of Virginia's free blacks have focused on Richmond or Petersburg, developments in Norfolk's free black community also merit analysis. Norfolk also offers the advantage of a population large enough to provide a reliable data base yet small enough to preserve the stories of individual lives. Those interested in African-American history, Virginia history, orthe South in general will find this book a valuable new resource.
Author : Harrison W. Burton
Release : 1877
Genre : Norfolk (Va.)
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Book Synopsis The History of Norfolk, Virginia by : Harrison W. Burton
Download or read book The History of Norfolk, Virginia written by Harrison W. Burton. This book was released on 1877. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas C. Parramore
Release : 2000-01-29
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 881/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Norfolk by : Thomas C. Parramore
Download or read book Norfolk written by Thomas C. Parramore. This book was released on 2000-01-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a history of Norfolk from the time of the first contact between a Spanish sailor and a native American Chiskiack in 1561, to the city's late 20th-century concerns, including pollution of Chesapeake Bay, urban development, traffic in illegal guns, and racial tensions.
