Part I: African voluntary associations and the rise of Black spiritual culture -- A taunt from the oppressed: the west African institutional legacy in New York City, 1644-1783 -- Raising Mother Zion: the fusion of African and British institutions in New York, 1784-1822 -- The liberating power of the cross: the NYAS and the African encounter with the Protestant ethic, 1774-1796 -- "The aristocracy of character": African societies and the moral consequence of nationalism, 1784-1845 -- Part II: African voluntary associations and the making of the public sphere -- "The inmates of my sanctum sanctorum": African voluntary associations and the public sphere, 1808-1845 -- In the company of Black men: manhood and obligation in the African confraternity, 1808-1857 -- "A single voice": African societies, the press, and the public sphere, 1827-1861 -- When Black men spoke of freedom: voluntary associations and nationalist culture, 1809-1865 -- Part III: The transformation of African American voluntarism -- "The gaudy carnival": the African declension in the NYASMR, 1863-1945 -- "Shall it be a woman?": the transformation of Black men's voluntarism, 1865-1960
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