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Likens the Detroit revolt of July 1967 to the early revolts of slave Negroes and white indentured servants.

(Appears also under title, Michigan and the Emancipation Proclamations in Michigan in Books 5:127-136. Winter 1963) (Reprinted as p. 72-94 of Rose, Arnold M. ed. Assuring Freedom to the Free, a Century of Emancipation in the U.S.A. Detroit, Wayne…

Volume 1 of this unindexed work describes sale of slaves (p. 196); legislation on slavery (p. 227-228); colored schools (p. 743). Includes chapter on slavery and the underground railroad (p. 475-484).

Account stops at year 1870.

An Episcopal Bishop describes his childhood in Grand Rapids. A one-page biography of Burgess precedes his essay.

Describes program used by Catholic Social Services of Wayne County for finding Negro adoptive homes and parents.

Summarizes efforts and success of Ford, Chrysler, and GM in employing "hard core" unemployed.

Describes Negro's shift of allegiance from Republican to Democratic Party, influence of church, and of the Ford Motor Company on Negro politics, and gerrymandering of wards with large Negro concentration.

Examines origins, typical services, ritual, and finances; and gives other data on spiritualist churches, 1934-1935.

Presents miscellaneous data, as number of churches by denomination, building ownership status, geographical distribution and migrations status of members, church sponsored activities and narrative materials on store-front and spiritualist churches.