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- catalog abstract ""Brooklyn, Illinois, was a magnet for African Americans from its founding by free and fugitive Blacks in the 1820s. Initially attractive to escaped slaves and others seeking to live in a Black-majority town, Brooklyn later drew Black migrants eager to commute to jobs in East St. Louis and other industrial centers as an alternative to eking out a living in agriculture." "Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua traces Brooklyn's transformation from a freedom village into a residential commuter satellite that supplied cheap labor to the city and the region." "America's First Black Town challenges scholarly assumptions that Black political control necessarily leads to internal unity and economic growth. Outlining dynamics that presaged the post-1960s plight of Gary, Detroit, and other Black-dominated cities, Cha-Jua confirms that, despite Brooklyn's heroic struggle for autonomy, Black control was not enough to stem the corrosive tide of internal colonialism."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11635849.
- catalog coverage "Lovejoy (Ill.) History.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""America's First Black Town challenges scholarly assumptions that Black political control necessarily leads to internal unity and economic growth. Outlining dynamics that presaged the post-1960s plight of Gary, Detroit, and other Black-dominated cities, Cha-Jua confirms that, despite Brooklyn's heroic struggle for autonomy, Black control was not enough to stem the corrosive tide of internal colonialism."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Brooklyn, Illinois, was a magnet for African Americans from its founding by free and fugitive Blacks in the 1820s. Initially attractive to escaped slaves and others seeking to live in a Black-majority town, Brooklyn later drew Black migrants eager to commute to jobs in East St. Louis and other industrial centers as an alternative to eking out a living in agriculture." "Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua traces Brooklyn's transformation from a freedom village into a residential commuter satellite that supplied cheap labor to the city and the region."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-258) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface -- Introduction: "founded by chance, sustained by courage" -- From separate settlement to biracial town: Blacks in Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-60 -- Uncovering Brooklyn's African American population, 1850-70 -- From outlaws to lawmakers, 1870-85 -- Mobilizing the race: John L. Evans, decolonization, and consolidation of Black political power, 1886-1906 -- Proletarianization, dependency, and underdevelopment, 1890-1910 -- The Black municipality and the white colonial county, 1898-1915 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 276 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0252025377 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
- catalog spatial "Illinois Lovejoy".
- catalog spatial "Lovejoy (Ill.) History.".
- catalog subject "977.3/89 21".
- catalog subject "African Americans Illinois Lovejoy History.".
- catalog subject "F549.L87 C48 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- Introduction: "founded by chance, sustained by courage" -- From separate settlement to biracial town: Blacks in Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-60 -- Uncovering Brooklyn's African American population, 1850-70 -- From outlaws to lawmakers, 1870-85 -- Mobilizing the race: John L. Evans, decolonization, and consolidation of Black political power, 1886-1906 -- Proletarianization, dependency, and underdevelopment, 1890-1910 -- The Black municipality and the white colonial county, 1898-1915 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.".
- catalog title "America's first Black town : Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915 / Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".