Rhoda G. Freeman manuscript and research collection 1956-1985

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Rhoda G. Freeman manuscript and research collection 1956-1985

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The Rhoda G. Freeman Manuscript and Research Collection consists primarily of materials collected by Freeman and used in her writings, including her dissertation entitled, "The Free Negro in New York City in the Era Before the Civil War." There are four complete drafts of the dissertation as well as scattered pieces and chapter revisions. There are also research materials which document several related but unpublished papers by Freeman: "Marcus Aurelaius Garvey: Story of a Dream," "The Pro-Slavery Defense in the Ante-Bellum South," "Black New Yorkers and the Cord of Caste 1827-1861." and her thesis for George Washington University, "The American Negro and the Back-to-Africa Movement." The research materials include bibliographic and topical card files, photocopies of relevant articles and research papers by others, and secondary source materials consisting of news clippings and photocopies of nineteenth century correspondence relating to free African Americans in New York City dealing with history, abolition, census records, and African American-Jewish relations. Her files also include conference papers by others, lists and bibliographies of papers and microfilms, and her research papers.

9 lin. ft.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section

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Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940

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Freeman, Rhoda Golden

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A professor of Afro-American history since since 1948, Rhoda G. Freeman taught at Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey from 1965 until her death in 1986. She served as dean from 1976 to 1979. Freeman received her Bachelor's degree from Hunter College in 1948, her Master's degree from George Washington University in 1950, and was awarded the Doctoral degree in 1966. She specialized in the history of African Americans prior to the Civil War. From the guide to the Rhoda G. Freeman ...