Product code: William & Jane Pease, Black Utopia: Negro Communal Experiments in hotsell America (1963)
This classic study published by the Wisconsin Historical Society is RARE in any condition! William H. Pease (1924-2013) & Jane Pease (b. 1929) taught American history at University of Maine for a generation, researching and coauthoring many books on Anti-slavery, black history, women's history and the South. Black Utopia documents the numerous communities founded by free African Americans aimed at establishing vocational & Educational training and political & economic independence. Chapters examine in depth utopian experiments in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois hotsell, Michigan, Ontario, and Port Royal, SC. This hardback copy is overall good condition. The cover has some wear but is clean. The spine has some creasing but is unbroken and pages are intact. There is occasional pencil underlining (see photos). Otherwise the pages are clean and bright. A good reading copy. Smoke free home.
This classic study published by the Wisconsin Historical Society is RARE in any condition! William H. Pease (1924-2013) & Jane Pease (b. 1929) taught American history at University of Maine for a generation, researching and coauthoring many books on Anti-slavery, black history, women's history and the South. Black Utopia documents the numerous communities founded by free African Americans aimed at establishing vocational & Educational training and political & economic independence. Chapters examine in depth utopian experiments in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois hotsell, Michigan, Ontario, and Port Royal, SC. This hardback copy is overall good condition. The cover has some wear but is clean. The spine has some creasing but is unbroken and pages are intact. There is occasional pencil underlining (see photos). Otherwise the pages are clean and bright. A good reading copy. Smoke free home.