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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
03-Jan-12 - 04:13 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Colored Aristocracy
Subject: RE: Origin: Colored Aristocracy

A reprint of Cyprian Clamorgan, 1858, Colored Aristocracy of St. Louis, reprint, is available from amazon.com and other sources.

A recent book on the Black "Aristocrats" is a study of the Black elite which developed after Reconstruction (following the Civil War)
Willard B. Gatewood, 1990, Aristocrats of Color, The Black Elite, 1880-1920, Univ. Arkansas Press.