Caste and Class in Late Nineteenth Century Detroit.

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Title

Caste and Class in Late Nineteenth Century Detroit.

Subject

Detroit (Michigan)
Race identity

Description

"History of the free Negro in nineteenth century Detroit has been marked by two distinct social phenomena: first, nearly all the city's blacks belonged to a caste apart from the rest of society, and secondly, the black caste was stratified into classes"

Creator

Katzman, David M.

Source

Michigan History Center

Publisher

Ann Arbor

Date

1969

Type

Paper presented to the History Section of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, March 28, 1969.

Identifier

607

Coverage

16 pages

Citation

Katzman, David M., “Caste and Class in Late Nineteenth Century Detroit. ,” Michigan Black History Bibliography, accessed December 26, 2024, http://mbhb.reuther.wayne.edu/items/show/697.