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C. W. Post Campus: B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library
Civil War Colored Troops Units with New York Soldiers or Officers (USCT)
Great Riots of New York 1712-1873
Harlem, 1900-1940: An African-American Community
Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro
John Brown Cabin (Underground Railroad)
Madam C. J. Walker Official Web Site
Milton House (Underground Railroad)
Seneca Village Website (Seneca Village was Manhattan's 1st significant community of African American property owners.)
Slavery and Emancipation: Federal Document Sources from Atlanta, Boston, New York and Philadelphia
Slavery in New York
St. Augustine's Slave Galleries
Underground Railroad in Buffalo, New York

Bibliography

General:
African-American Baptist Annual Reports, 1865-1990s. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1999. New York churches and associations. /Microfilm Rolls 59/

Afro-Americans in New York Life and History. Buffalo, NY: Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier, Inc., v.1-, 1977-. /Periodical/

Alvarez, Thomas. The Place Between: The New York Independent Colored Movement and the Democratic Party, 1883-1905. Ann Arbor, MI: T. Alvarez, 2007. 386p. Bibliography. Notes. /GC 974.7 AL86pl/

Anti-Negro Riots in the North, 1863. New York: Arno Press, 1969. 48p. /GC 973.068 An87/

Armstead, Myra B. Young, ed. Mighty Change, Tall Within: Black Identity in the Hudson Valley. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2003. 287p. Index. Notes. /GC 974.7 M588/

Bahn, Gilbert S. Slaves and Nonwhite Free Persons in the 1790 Federal Census of New York. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Company, Inc., 2000. 192p. /GC 974.7 B147sl/

Berlin, Ira and Leslie M. Harris, eds. Slavery in New York. New York: The New Press, 2005. 403p. Illustrations. Index. Notes. Photographs. /GC 974.7 SL162/

Bond, Richard E. Ebb and Flow: Free Blacks and Urban Slavery in Eighteenth-Century New York. Baltimore, MD: R. E. Bond, 2004. 352p. Dissertation. Appendices. Bibliography. Notes. /GC 974.702 N421bre/

Brown, Titus, Ph.D. Albany State University-A Centennial History: 1903-2003. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2003. 127p. Bibliography. Photographs. /GC 975.802 Al13br/

Calarco, Tom. The Underground Railroad in the Adirondack Region. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2004. 293p. Appendices. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Photographs. /GC 974.7 C125u/

Curran, John J. Peekskill's African American History: A Hudson Valley Community's Untold Story. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2008. 155p. Illustrations. Photographs. /GC 974.702 P34cua/

Dietrich, Erich E. Tuskegees of the North: African American Orphanages in New York, 1890-1940. New York: E. E. Dietrich, 2007. 265p. Bibliography. Illustrations. Notes. /GC 974.7 D567tu/

Driscoll, James. The Road to Freedom: The Underground Railroad, New York and Beyond. Flushing, NY: Queens Historical Society, 2001. 99p. Index. Photographs. Illustrations. /GC 974.7 D833R/

Eichholz, Alice and James M. Rose. Free Black Heads of Households in the New York Federal Census, 1790-1830. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company, 1981. 301p. /GC 974.7 Ei2f/

First Organization of Colored Troops in the State of New York to Aid in Suppressing the Slaveholders' Rebellion. New York: Baker & Godwin, Printers, 1864. 24p. Notes. /GC 973.74 N42FIR/

Gellman, David N. and David Quigley. Jim Crow New York: A Documentary History of Race and Citizenship, 1777-1877. New York: New York University Press, 2003. 353p. Bibliography. Index. Notes. Photographs. /GC 974.702 N421ji/

Gellman, David. Emancipating New York: The Politics of Slavery and Freedom, 1777-1827. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. 297p. Index. Notes. /GC 974.7 G283e/

Gero, Anthony F. Black Soldiers of New York State: A Proud Legacy. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2009. 174p. Index. Bibliography. Notes. Illustrations. /GC 974.7 G319bl/

Hemenway, Robin Lee Elizabeth. "The Efforts of Their True Friends": African Americans and Child Welfare in New York, 1836-1930. Minneapolis, MN: R. L. E. Hemenway, 2007. 214p. Appendix. Bibliography. Illustrations. Notes. /GC 974.702 N421hr/

Hodges, Graham Russell. Slavery, Freedom & Culture Among Early American Workers. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1998. 185p. Index. Notes. Appendix. Illustrations. /GC 974.702 N422 hod/

Hodges, Graham Russell & Alan Edward Brown. "Pretends to Be Free" Runaway Slave Advertisements from Colonial and Revolutionary New York and New Jersey. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1994. 369p. Appendices. Bibliography. Glossary. Indices. /GC 974.7 H665p/

Imholt, Robert J. Beyond Slavery: The Transformation of Issues in the Politics of New York, 1857-1860. Lexington, KY: R. J. Imholt, 1974. 302p. Appendix. Bibliography. Notes. /GC 974.7 Im3be/

Ingraham, Allen. St. Augustine's "Slave Galleries" Project, Summary of Research Findings. New York: The St. Augustine's Project, 200-. 9p. /GC 974.702 N422inh/

Katz, William Loren. Black Legacy: A History of New York's African Americans. New York: Atheneum Books of Young Readers, 1997. 250p. Bibliography. Index. Notes. Photographs. /GC 974.702 N421ka/

Klees, Emerson. Underground Railroad Tales, With Routes Through the Finger Lakes Region. Rochester, NY: Friends of the Finger Lakes Publishing, 1997. 176p. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Maps. /GC 974.7 K672un/

Kobrin, David. The Black Minority in Early New York. Albany, NY: New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1975. 45p. Bibliography. Illustrations. /GC 974.7 K799b/

Kruger, Vivienne L. Born to Run: The Slave Family in Early New York, 1626-1827. New York: V. L. Kruger, 1985. 1195p. Appendices. Bibliography. Illustrations. Notes. /GC 974.7 K939bo V. 1-2/

Matthews, Harry Bradshaw. African American Freedom Journey in New York and Related Sites, 1823-1870: Freedom Knows No Color. Cherry Hill, NJ: African Homestead Legacy Publishers, 2008. 407p. Index. Bibliography. Notes. Appendices. Illustrations. /GC 973.068 M433af/

Matthews, Harry Bradshaw. Cato Freedom Project: Three African American Revolutionary War Patriots in Central New York. Oneonta, NY: United States Colored Troops Institute, Hartwick College, c2009. 10p. Photographs. Illustrations. Bibliography. /GC 973.068 M433C/

Matthews, Harry Bradshaw. Voices from the Front Line: New York's African American Statesmen of the Underground Railroad Freedom Trail and the United States Colored Troops Organized in the Empire State, 1863-1865. Oneonta, NY: Hartwick College, 2000. 193p. Index. /GC 974.7 M423hoa/

McManus, Edgar J. A History of Negro Slavery in New York. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1966. 219p. Bibliography. Index. /GC 974.7 M215h/

Naylor, Natalie A. Exploring African-American History, Long Island and Beyond. Hempstead, NY: Long Island Studies Institute, Hofstra University, 1995. 66p. Bibliographies. Documents. /GC 973 N23e/

Negro Protest Pamphlets: A Compendium. New York: Arno Press, c1969. 6 pamphlets. /GC 973.068 N3127/

Negroes of New York. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1968. Five rolls of microfilm. From the Collections of the Schomburg Center, New York Public Library. A program of the Works Projects Administration in New York City. /Microfilm/

Nell, William C. Property Qualification or No Property Qualification: A Few Facts from the Record of Patriotic Services of the Colored Men of New York, During the Wars of 1776 and 1812, with a Compendium of Their Present Business, and Property Statistics. Ithaca, NNY: Cornell University Library, [2010]. 24p. Notes. /GC 974.7 P945ne/

Piper, Emilie S. American of African Descent: An Annotated Bibliography of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and Some Connecticut & New York Historical References Through the Civil War Period. Pittsfield, MA: Berkshire Athenaeum, Local History Department, 2005. 16p. /GC 973.068 P662am/

Price, Isabel Boiko. Black Response to Anti-Semitism: Negroes and Jews in New York, 1880 to World War II. Albuquerque, NM: I. B. Prices, 1973. 369p. Bibliography. Notes. /GC 974.702 N422pi/

Questions and Answers on the African Burial Ground & Five Points Archaeological Projects. New York: Office of Public Education and Interpretation of the African Burial Ground, 1994. 14p. Bibliography. /GC 974.702 N422q/

Rawick, George P., ed. The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography - New York...Narratives. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Company, 1979. /GC 929.11 Al113 Sec. 11/

Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198-. Jackson, Riddle, and Company papers, 1835-1839. /Series J, Part 5, Roll 19/

Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Service, 1969. Microcopy M816. New York. /Microfilm Roll 1/

Seraile, William. New York's Black Regiments During the Civil War. New York: W. Seraile, 1977. 273p. Appendices. Bibliography. Notes. /GC 973.74 Aa1se/

Shaffert, Charles F. The Editorial Attitudes of "The New York Daily Tribune" and "The New York Daily Times" Towards the Negro, 1850-1859. Lawrence, KS: C. F. Shaffert, 1969. 212p. Bibliography. Notes. /GC 974.702 N421sh/

Singer, Alan J. New York and Slavery: Time to Teach the Truth. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2008. 166p. Bibliography. Index. /GC 974.702 N422sing/

Slavery in Ante-Bellum Southern Industries. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 199-. William B. Phillips papers, 1854-1861. /Series C, Part 1, Roll 5/

Steward, Austin. Twenty-two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2002. 182p. Illustrations. /GC 974.7 St48tw/

Switala, William J. Underground Railroad in New Jersey and New York. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2006. 182p. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Photographs. /GC 973.068 Sw67una/

Toney, Joyce Roberta. The Development of a Culture of Migration Among a Caribbean People: St. Vincent and New York, 1838-1979. New York: J. R. Toney, 1986. 221p. Bibliography. Notes. /GC 974.702 N421to/

Update: African Burial Ground & Five Points Archaeological Project Newsletter. New York: Office of Public Education and Interpretation of the African Burial Ground, v.1-, 1993-. /GC 974.702 N422qaa/

Wilbur H. Siebert Collection: Microfilm Edition. Columbus, OH: Ohio Historical Society, 2001. Underground Railroad. /Microfilm Rolls 6-8/

Williams-Myers, A. J. Long Hammering: Essays on the Forging of an African American Presence in the Hudson River Valley to the Early Twentieth Century. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, Inc., 1994. 186p. Index. Notes. /GC 974.7 W67aj/

Wilson, Sherrill D. African Burial Ground Project Classroom Study Guide & Glossary. New York: Office of Public Education & Interpretation of the African Burial Ground, 1998. 3rd ed. 46p. Bibliography. Glossary. Illustrations. Photographs. /GC 974.702 N42qa/

Wilson, Sherrill D. and Emilyn L. Brown. African American History in Early New York: Bibliographic Resources. New York: Office of Public Education and Interpretation of the African Burial Ground, 1996. 24p. /GC 974.702 N422ws/

Dutchess County:
Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. The Histories of Dutchess County's Predominately Black Churches: Their Histories as Told in Their Words. Wappingers Falls, New York: Bethel Missionary Church, 1998. 55p. /GC 974.701 D95hi/

Groth, Michael Edward. Forging Freedom in the Mid-Hudson Valley: The End of Slavery and the Formation of a Free African-American Community in Dutchess County, NY, 1770-1850. Binghamton, NY: M. E. Groth, 1994. 402p. Bibliography. /GC 974.701 D95gr/

Mid-Hudson Antislavery History Project. Slavery, Antislavery, and the Underground Railroad: A Dutchess County Guide. Poughkeepsie, NY: Netpublications, Inc., 2010. 59p. Bibliography. Illustrations. Notes. Photographs. /GC 974.701 D95sl/

Erie County:
Williams, Lillian Serece. Strangers in the Land of Paradise: The Creation of an African American Community, Buffalo, New York, 1900-1940. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1999. 273p. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Maps. Notes. /GC 974.702 B86wi/

Kings County:
Driscoll, James. Friends of Freedom: The Underground Railroad in Queens and on Long Island. Flushing, NY: Queens Historical Society, 2006. 110p. Index. Notes. Illustrations. Photographs. /GC 974.7 F915D/

Taylor, Clarence. Black Churches of Brooklyn. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994. 297p. Bibliography. Index. Photographs. /GC 974.702 B792ta/

Manhattan County:
Corbould, Clare. Becoming African American: Black Public Life in Harlem, 1919-1939. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009. 278p. Illustrations. Index. Notes. /GC 974.702 N4224be/

Nassau County:
Day, Lynda R. Making a Way to Freedom: A History of African Americans on Long Island. Interlaken, NY: Empire State Books, 1997. 160p. Bibliography. Index. Notes. Photographs. /GC 974.7 D332mak/

Domatob, Jerry Komia, Ph.D. African Americans of Western Long Island. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002. 128p. Photographs. Black America Series. /GC 974.701 Su2doa/

Driscoll, James. Friends of Freedom: The Underground Railroad in Queens and on Long Island. Flushing, NY: Queens Historical Society, 2006. 110p. Index. Notes. Illustrations. Photographs. /GC 974.7 F915D/

Shodell, Elly. It Looks Like Yesterday to Me: Port Washington's Afro-American Heritage. Port Washington, NY: Port Washington Public Library, 1984. 38p. Photographs. /GC 974.702 P835i/

New York County:
Alexander, Leslie M. "Onward Forever:" Black Activism and Community Development in New York City, 1784-1860. Ithaca, NY: L. M. Alexander, 2001. 475p. Appendices. Bibliography. Notes. /GC 974.702 N422all.

Alexander, Leslie M. African or American? Black Identity and Political Activism in New York City, 1784-1861. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2008. 258p. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Notes. Photographs. /GC 974.702 N421ale/

Anti-Negro Riots in the North, 1863. New York: Arno Press, 1969. 48p. /GC 973.068 An87/

Foote, Thelma Wills. Black and White Manhattan: The History of Racial Formation in Colonial New York City. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2004. 334p. Index. Bibliography. Appendix. Notes. /GC 974.702 N422foo/

Foote, Thelma Wills. Black Life in Colonial Manhattan, 1664-1786. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1993. 510p. Harvard University Ph.D. Thesis, 1991. Bibliography. Notes. Tables. /GC 974.702 N421fo/

Forde, F. Donnie. Caribbean Americans in New York City, 1895-1975. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002. 128p. Photographs. Images of America Series. /GC 974.702 N421for/

Gill, Jonathan. Harlem: The Four Hundred Year History from Dutch Village to Capital of Black America. New York: Grove Press, 2011. 520p. Index. Bibliography. Illustrations. Photographs. /GC 974.702 N422gill/

Harris, Bill. The Hellfighters of Harlem: African-American Soldiers Who Fought for the Right to Fight for Their Country. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2002. 244p. Bibliography. Index. Photographs. /GC 940.410 Aa1harri/

Harris, Leslie M. In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2003. 380p. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Notes. /GC 974.702 N422har/

Ingraham, Allen. Black Participation in Five Early 19th Century Lower East Side Churches. New York: The St. Augustine's Project, 2001. 27p. /GC 974.702 N422ing/

Lepore, Jill. New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. 323p. Appendices. Illustrations. Index. Notes. /GC 974.702 N422lef/

Peterson, Carla L. Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2011. 446p. Index. Bibliography. Notes. Photographs. Illustrations. /GC 974.702 N422pet/

Proceedings of the Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women Held in the City of New York, May 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th, 1837. New York: William S. Dorr, 1837. 23p. Appendix. /GC 973.068 An87p/

Sacks, Marcy S. Before Harlem: The Black Experience in New York City Before World War I. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. 231p. Index. Notes. Photographs. /GC 974.702 N422scm/

Sacks, Marcy Sarah. "We Cry Among the Skyscrapers:" Black People in New York City, 1880-1915. Berkeley, CA: M. S. Sacks, 1999. 289p. Bibliography. Notes. /GC 974.702 N422sac/

Schoener, Allon. Harlem on My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America, 1900-1968. New York: The New Press, 2007. 258p. Index. Photographs. /GC 974.702 N422hle/

SenGupta, Gunja. From Slavery to Poverty: The Racial Origins of Welfare in New York, 1840-1918. New York: New York University Press, 2009. 335p. Appendix. Illustrations. Index. Notes. /GC 974.702 M422sg/

Sonders, Lucien. The Slave Gallery at St. Augustine's Church and the Architecture of Segregation. New York: The St. Augustine Project, 200-. 22p. Appendix. /GC 974.702 N422son/

Townsend, Craig D. Faith in Their Own Color: Black Episcopalians in Antebellum New York City. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. 241p. Appendix. Index. Notes. /GC 974.702 N422tow/

Welty, William M. Black Shepherds: A Study of the Leading Negro Clergymen in New York City, 1900-1940. New York: S. n., 1969. 368p. Bibliography. /GC 974.702 N422wel/

White, Shane. Somewhat More Independent: The End of Slavery in New York City, 1770-1810. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1991. 278p. Index. Maps. Notes. Tables. /GC 974.702 N421wh/

Wilder, Craig Steven. In the Company of Black Men: The African Influence on African American Culture in New York City. New York: New York University Press, 2001. 332p. Index. Bibliography. Notes. Illustrations. Photographs. /GC 974.702 N422wilc//

Wilson, Sondra Kathryn. Meet Me at the Theresa: The Story of Harlem's Most Famous Hotel. New York: Atria Books, 2004. 270p. Bibliography. Index. Notes. Photographs. /GC 974.702 N422wil/

Zabin, Serena. Places of Exchange: New York City, 1700-1763. New Brunswick, NJ: S. Zabin, 2000. 264p. Dissertation. Bibliography. Notes. /GC 974.702 Z11pl/

Oneida County:
Wisnoski, Donald M. The Opportunity Is At Hand: Oneida County, New York Colored Soldiers in the Civil War. Lynchburg, VA: Schroeder Publications, 2003. 132p. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Photographs. /GC 974.701 On2wi/

Onondaga County:
Armstead, Myra B. Young. "Lord, Please Don't Take Me in August" African Americans in Newport and Saratoga Springs, 1870-1930. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1999. 176p. Index. Maps. Notes. Photographs. Tables. /GC 974.502 N47ar/

Davis, Barbara Sheklin. Syracuse African Americans. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2005. 128p. Photographs. Black America Series. /GC 974.702 Sy82db/

Orange County:
Brennan, Robert W. Genealogical History of Black Families of Orange County, New York. Goshen, NY: The Orange County Genealogical Society, 2001-06. Six volumes. /GC 974.701 Or12br/

King, Roger A. The Underground Railroad in Orange County, New York: The Silent Rebellion. Monroe, NY: Library Research Associates, 1999. 75p. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Maps. Photographs. /GC 974.701 Or12k/

Otsego County:
Matthews, Harry Bradshaw. Cato Freedom Conference and Think Tank : United States Colored Troops Institute, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, April 30-May 2, 2010. Oneonta, NY: Hartwick College, 2010. 27p. /GC 974,702 On22mh/

Queens County:
Driscoll, James. Friends of Freedom: The Underground Railroad in Queens and on Long Island. Flushing, NY: Queens Historical Society, 2006. 110p. Index. Notes. Illustrations. Photographs. /GC 974.7 F915D/

Richmond County:
Dickenson, Richard B. Census Occupations of Afro-American Families on Staten Island, 1840-1875. Staten Island, NY: The Staten Island Institute of Arts and Science, St. George, 1981. 117p. Lists. Map. /GC 974.702 N422dic/

Saratoga County:
Armstead, Myra B. Young. "Lord, Please Don't Take Me in August" African Americans in Newport and Saratoga Springs, 1870-1930. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1999. 176p. Index. Maps. Notes. Photographs. Tables. /GC 974.502 N47ar/

Schoharie County:
Daniels, Jack. Discovering the Forgotten History of African Americans in Schoharie County. Cobleskill, NY: Times-Journal Press, 1999. 88p. Illustrations. Photographs. /GC 974.701 Sch6cy/

Seneca County:
Grover, Kathryn. Make a Way Somehow: African-American Life in a Northern Community, 1790-1965. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1994. 321p. Bibliography. Index. Notes. Photographs. /GC 974.702 G26g/

Suffolk County:
Day, Lynda R. Making a Way to Freedom: A History of African Americans on Long Island. Interlaken, NY: Empire State Books, 1997. 160p. Bibliography. Index. Notes. Photographs. /GC 974.7 D332mak/

Domatob, Jerry Komia, Ph.D. African Americans of Eastern Long Island. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2001. 128p. Photographs. Black America Series. /GC 974.701 Su2do/

Driscoll, James. Friends of Freedom: The Underground Railroad in Queens and on Long Island. Flushing, NY: Queens Historical Society, 2006. 110p. Index. Notes. Illustrations. Photographs. /GC 974.7 F915D/

Higgins, James. Slavery in Rocky Point, New York. Rocky Point, NY: Rocky Point Historical Society, c2007. 51p. Appendices. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. /GC 974.701 Su2hj

Marcus, Grania Bolton. Discovering the African-American Experience in Suffolk County, 1620-1860. Mattituck, NY: Amereon House, 1995. 218p. Bibliography. Illustrations. /GC 974.701 SU2mar/

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