Colored travelers : mobility and the fight for citizenship before the Civil War / Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor.

Colored travelers : mobility and the fight for citizenship before the Civil War / Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor.

"Americans have long regarded the freedom of travel a central tenet of citizenship. Yet, in the United States, freedom of movement has historically been a right reserved for whites. In this book, Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor shows that African Americans fought obstructions to their mobility over 10...

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Main Author: Pryor, Elizabeth Stordeur (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Series:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
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African Americans > Travel > United States.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 19th century.
Freedom of movement > United States > History > 19th century.
Travel restrictions > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Genre/Form:Electronic books.
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