001478779 000__ 05393nam\a22008655i\4500 001478779 001__ 1478779 001478779 003__ DE-B1597 001478779 005__ 20231026034956.0 001478779 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001478779 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001478779 008__ 220131t20222002mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001478779 020__ $$a9780674045149 001478779 0247_ $$a10.4159/9780674045149$$2doi 001478779 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)574536 001478779 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001478779 0410_ $$aeng 001478779 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001478779 050_4 $$aF128.9.N4 ǂb W48 2002eb 001478779 072_7 $$aHIS036050$$2bisacsh 001478779 08204 $$a974.7100496073 001478779 1001_ $$aWhite, Shane, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001478779 24510 $$aStories of Freedom in Black New York /$$cShane White. 001478779 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA : $$bHarvard University Press, $$c[2022] 001478779 264_4 $$c©2002 001478779 300__ $$a1 online resource (270 p.) 001478779 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001478779 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001478779 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001478779 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001478779 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tINTRODUCTION -- $$t1 THE END OF SLAVERY -- $$t2 STAGING FREEDOM -- $$t3 SHAKESPEARE'S PROUD REPRESENTATIVE -- $$t4 IMITATION -- $$tEPILOGUE -- $$tNOTES -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIndex 001478779 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001478779 520__ $$aStories of Freedom in Black New York recreates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. In the early decades of the nineteenth century, New York City's black community strove to realize what freedom meant, to find a new sense of itself, and, in the process, created a vibrant urban culture. Through exhaustive research, Shane White imaginatively recovers the raucous world of the street, the elegance of the city's African American balls, and the grubbiness of the Police Office. It allows us to observe the style of black men and women, to watch their public behavior, and to hear the cries of black hawkers, the strident music of black parades, and the sly stories of black conmen. Taking center stage in this story is the African Company, a black theater troupe that exemplified the new spirit of experimentation that accompanied slavery's demise. For a few short years in the 1820s, a group of black New Yorkers, many of them ex-slaves, challenged pervasive prejudice and performed plays, including Shakespearean productions, before mixed race audiences. Their audacity provoked feelings of excitement and hope among blacks, but often of disgust by many whites for whom the theater's existence epitomized the horrors of emancipation. Stories of Freedom in Black New York brilliantly intertwines black theater and urban life into a powerful interpretation of what the end of slavery meant for blacks, whites, and New York City itself. White's story of the emergence of free black culture offers a unique understanding of emancipation's impact on everyday life, and on the many forms freedom can take. 001478779 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001478779 546__ $$aIn English. 001478779 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. 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