Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-566) and index.
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VOLUME ONE : PROLOGUE: The Birth of Black Chicago -- Du Sable: A Model for All Times -- PART I. Haven of Liberty for Former Chattel and Contraband, 1833-1865 : 1. Antebellum Frontier Town and "City of Refuge," 1833-1860 (I. The Demography of a People; II. The Ethos of a People: Foundations of Culture and Community; III. White Racial Constraints and Interracial Collaboration; A. The Illinois Black Laws ; B. Refuge and the Underground Railroad ; C. The 1850s: A Decade Demanding Vigilance) -- 2. The Civil War and "Jubilee," 1861-1865 (I. The Demography of an Evolving People; II. Culture, Community, and Personalities; III. Interracial Relations; IV. Wartime Chicago; V. After Appomattox: The Reality of Jubilee) -- PART II. Harbor of Opportunity for New Citizens, 1866-1900 : 3. Freedom and Fire during the Reconstruction Era, 1866-1879 (I. Demographic Features of Life; II. The Reconstruction Amendments; III. The Great Chicago Fire; IV. The Economic Sphere: Employment, Business, and the Professions; V. A Sense of Community; VI. Postwar Martial Spirit; VII. Politics) -- 4. Gilded Age Chicago, 1880-1892 (I. Demographics; II. The Changing Human Landscape: Population and Property Ownership; III. The Economic Sphere; IV. The Fabric of Society; V. Institutional Life: Church Life, Religion, and Secular Associations; VI. Politics and Interracial Linkage) - 5. Fair and War, 1893-1900 (I. Demography: Arrival of the Masses and the Talented Tenth; II. The Changing City Landscape; III. The Economic Fabric; IV. The World's Columbian Exposition; V. The Social Fabric; VI. The Cultural Fabric; VII. Institutional Development; VIII. Ideological Contention: Militants, Conservatives, and Pragmatists; IX. Politics; X. The Spanish-American War) -- EPILOGUE: The Foundation of the Black Metropolis -- Appendix A: The Illinois Black Laws -- Appendix B: An Act to Repeal the "Black Laws" -- Appendix C: An Act to Protect Colored Children in Their Rights to Attend School -- Appendix D: Illinois General Assembly, House Bill 45-1885 -- Appendix E: Data from "Jubilee": Chicago's Black Civil War Soldiers.
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v. 1. 1833-1900.
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"Examines the first one hundred years of African American settlement and achievements in Chicago. It spans the antebellum, Civil War, Reconstruction, and post-Reconstruction periods"--Provided by publisher.