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Shaik, Fatima, 1952- author.

Economy Hall : the hidden history of a free Black brotherhood / Fatima Shaik.

First edition.

New Orleans, Louisiana : The Historic New Orleans Collection, [2021]

©2021

525 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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"Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood tells the story of the Société d'Economie et d'Assistance Mutuelle, a New Orleans mutual aid society founded by free men of color in 1836. The group was one of the most important multiethnic, intellectual communities in the US South: educators, world-traveling merchants, soldiers, tradesmen, and poets who rejected racism and colorism to fight for suffrage and education rights for all. The author drew on the meeting minutes of the Société d'Economie as well as census and civil records, newspapers, and numerous archival sources to write a narrative stretching from the Haitian Revolution through the early jazz age"-- Provided by publisher.

Boguille, Ludger, 1812-1892.

Economy and Mutual Aid Association -- History.

African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.

Creoles -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.

Racism -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.

Colorism -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.

African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.

Creoles -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.

New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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9780917860805

0917860802

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