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Syracuse African Americans

Syracuse African Americans

By Davis, Barbara Sheklin

Published by Arcadia Publishing

English 2006 ISBN 9781439632598
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Syracuse African Americans abounds with hard work, forbearance, determination, strength, and spirit. It depicts through photographs the heritage of this upstate New York African American community. The story spans several centuries, beginning when escaped slaves made salt here and sold it to the Native Americans. Once a hotbed of abolitionism, Syracuse was the site of a protest against the Fugitive Slave Law. Later, as the city became a manufacturing center, its black population increased.
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