1st Edition

Afro-Americans in Antebellum Boston An Analysis of Probate Records

By Carol Buchalter Stapp Copyright 1993
336 Pages
by Routledge

334 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1993. The probate records of antebellum black Bostonians offer an ideal opportunity to compare the literature to a primary source, both in terms of content and method. Critical reviews of the scholarship, first, on black social history and, then, on probate inventories as historic sources precede an examination of the probate records themselves and a comparison of the literature... Read more
Introduction; Part I Review of the Literature. Part II Analysis of the Probate Records. Part III The Lierature Vis-a-Vis the Probat Records. Appendix. Notes.

Biography

Carol Buchalter Stapp