Part I. Captured and caged : and still they built new worlds -- 1. Black bodies : white minds, and the irony of liberty -- 2. Black hands : native lands, and the making of Mount Vernon -- 3. Black minds : blueprints, and the enslaved and free Black artisans of Federal City -- 4. Black builders :...

"A History of the First Black Auto Manufacturers - Second Edition major update to the 2010 edition The C. R. Patterson and Sons Company conducted business in Greenfield, Ohio, from 1865-1939. Founded by Charles Richard (C.R.) Patterson, a free person of color born in the South and relocating to...

Introduction : labor transformation and networks of resistance -- Labor, race, and Homer Plessy's freedom claim -- Transformation and resistance : a war of images in the post-Plessy south -- "I got so mad, I just had to get something off my chest" : the contested terrain of women's organizations...

The Great Migration from the US South is a prominent theme in economic history research not only because it was a prime example of large scale internal migration, but also because it had far-reaching ramifications for American economic, social, and political change. This essay offers a concise...