# Carla Peterson: Black Gotham: A Family History

Part detective tale, part social and cultural narrative, "Black Gotham: A Family History of African-Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York" (Yale University Press, 2011), is Carla Peterson's account of her quest to reconstruct the lives of her 19th-century ancestors. As she shares their stories and those of their friends, neighbors and business associates, she illuminates the greater history of African-American elites in New York City.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2011
- By: Library Of Congress. Center For The Book
- Genres: History, Children's
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688651/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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