A Respectable Woman: The Public Roles of African American Women in 19th-Century New York

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 “I Resided in Said City Ever Since” Women and the Neighborhoods 9 2 “We Were Not as Particular in the Old Days about Getting Married as They Are Now” Women, the Family, and Household Composition 41 3 “I Washed for My Living” Black Women’s Occupations 63 4 “Idle Pleasures and Frivolous Amusements” African American Women and Leisure Time 93 5 “They Turned Me Out of My House” African American Women and Racialized Violence 109 6 “We Should Cultivate Those Powers” Activism of African American Women 129 Conclusion 157 Notes 161 Bibliography 207 Index 231 About the Author 245 vii ...