In The Company Of Black Men: The African Influence on African American Culture in New York City

Traces the development of African-American community traditions over three centuries

From the subaltern assemblies of the enslaved in colonial New York City to the benevolent New York African Society of the early national era to the formation of the African Blood Brotherhood in twentieth century Harlem, voluntary associations have been a fixture of African-American communities.
In the Company of Black Men examines New York City over three centuries to show that enslaved Africans provided the...