I agree. There has never been one black identity in American history. The identity of a free black James Mitchell in Charleston, South Carolina in 1790 was not the identity of a free black Rev. Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1790. The modern era has simply accentuated an ocean of individual identities which were always present, if below surface to the outside world. My series on Pioneer Black Lawyers does a fine job of bringing to the surface individual identities between 1844 to 1875.
I agree. There has never been one black identity in American history. The identity of a free black James Mitchell in Charleston, South Carolina in 1790 was not the identity of a free black Rev. Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1790. The modern era has simply accentuated an ocean of individual identities which were always present, if below surface to the outside world. My series on Pioneer Black Lawyers does a fine job of bringing to the surface individual identities between 1844 to 1875.