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645856
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Biddle, Daniel R.
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| Title & Author
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Tasting freedom : : Octavius Catto and the battle for equality in Civil War America /\ Daniel R. Biddle, Murray Dubin.
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x, 616 pages :: illustrations, portraits ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9781592134656 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 1592134653 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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9781592134670 (e-book)
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159213467X (e-book)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [569]-602) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: "A hundred O.V. Cattos" -- Charleston -- Arm in arm -- "Keep the flame burning-- " -- With giants -- Lessons -- The Irish, the killers, and Squire McMullen -- "Arise, young North" -- "How much I yearn to be a man" -- A chance on the pavement -- The wolf killers -- Manhood -- The battle for streetcars -- Baseball -- The hide of the rhinoceros -- Election day -- The Venus of the high trapeze -- Epilogue: The legacy.
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Chronicles the life of African-American educator, intellectual, and civil rights leader Octavius Valentine Catto, who was shot and killed in election-day violence in Philadelphia in 1871.
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Catto, Octavius V.,1839-1871.
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McMullen, William,1824-1901.
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Free African Americans-- Pennsylvania-- Philadelphia, Biography.
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African American political activists-- Pennsylvania-- Philadelphia, Biography.
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African American teachers-- Pennsylvania-- Philadelphia, Biography.
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African American baseball players-- Pennsylvania-- Philadelphia, Biography.
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African Americans-- Civil rights-- Pennsylvania-- Philadelphia-- History-- 19th century.
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Civil rights movements-- Pennsylvania-- Philadelphia-- History-- 19th century.
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Racism-- Pennsylvania-- Philadelphia-- History-- 19th century.
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Philadelphia (Pa.), Race relations, History, 19th century.
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| Dewey Classification
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323.092B
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F158.44.C36B53 2010
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Dubin, Murray.
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