Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-324) and index
Subaltern worlds in antebellum New York -- The white republic and "workfare" : Blackwell’s island -- Not white, but worthy : maternalists and the "pious poor" of the colored home -- The color of juvenile justice : the New York House of Refuge -- Celtic sisters, Saxon keepers : class, whiteness, and the women of the Hopper home -- Black voluntarism and American identities : the Howard Orphanage and Industrial School.
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