Encyclopedia of African American History

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About the Editors

Leslie M. Alexander, Ph.D., is associate professor of
history at Th e Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Her published works include African or American?:
Black Identity and Political Activism in New York City,
1 784– 1861.

Walter C. Rucker, Ph.D., is associate professor of African

American and African studies at Th e Ohio State University,

Columbus, Ohio. His published works include Th e River

Flows On: Black Resistance, Culture, and Identity Formation

in Early America.