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Knights of the Razor : Black Barbers in Slavery and Freedom.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (229 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801898303
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Knights of the RazorDDC classification:
  • 646.7/2408996073
LOC classification:
  • HD8039.B32 U6195 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Origins of Black Barbers -- 2 Becoming Knights of the Razor -- 3 Caught between Regional Origins and the Barber's Trade -- 4 Self-Improvement and Self-Loathing before the War -- 5 Defining the Meaning of Freedom -- 6 From Barbershops to Boardrooms -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Guide to Further Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
Summary: They advocated economic independence from whites and founded insurance companies that became some of the largest black-owned corporations.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Origins of Black Barbers -- 2 Becoming Knights of the Razor -- 3 Caught between Regional Origins and the Barber's Trade -- 4 Self-Improvement and Self-Loathing before the War -- 5 Defining the Meaning of Freedom -- 6 From Barbershops to Boardrooms -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Guide to Further Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.

They advocated economic independence from whites and founded insurance companies that became some of the largest black-owned corporations.

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