Title: Freedom earned, equality denied :evolving race relations in Exeter and vicinity, 1776-1876: Historical New Hampshire / David T. Dixon.
Author: Dixon, David T.
Call Number: 977.8 N5321h
Publication Information: Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 2007.
Physical Description: p. 28-47.
Source: Vol. 61, No. 1 (Spring 2007) Historical New Hampshire.
Description: The article focuses on the free black population population in Exeter, New Hampshire, during the antebellum era. After the Revolution, Exeter became the focus of free black society in the state, largely due to the influx of black Revolutionary War veterans. Despite early optimism, racial tensions and segregation quickly developed, and many freed blacks faced economic struggles.
Language: English.
Subjects:
Freedmen New Hampshire.,
Race relations New Hampshire.
Locations: Exeter (N.H.) History.
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