I was a page into Erica Armstrong Dunbar’s ‘A Fragile Freedom’ when I found my latest topic for a Works Not Cited episode! Today I’m discussing the friendship album of Amy Matilda Cassey, female friendships, and the activism of African American women in mid-19th century Philadelphia!

Learn More-

If They Should Ask- http://www.iftheyshouldask.com/

Black Founders: The Free Black Community in the Early Republic- https://librarycompany.org/blackfounders/index.htm#.XxB86i3Mw1I

The Cassey & Dickerson Friendship Album Project- https://lcpalbumproject.org/

Bibliography-

Dunbar, Erica Armstrong. A Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City. London: Yale University Press, 2008.

“19th-Century African American Women’s Friendship Albums Online.” Fine Books & Collections. July 11th, 2012. Accessed July 10th, 2020. https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/news/19th-century-african-american-womens-friendship-albums-online.

“History & Materiality.” Cassey & Dickerson: Friendship Album Project. Accessed July 10th, 2020. https://lcpalbumproject.org/?page_id=14.

Good, Cassandra. “How Early-19th-Century Students Cemented Their Bonds Through Friendship Albums.” Slate. May 6th, 2016. Accessed July 10th, 2020. https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/05/history-of-friendship-in-the-early-republic-friendship-albums-created-by-students.html.

Taunton, Matthew. “Print Culture.” British Library. May 15th, 2014. Accessed July 10th, 2020. https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/print-culture.

“Friendship album of Moyses Walens.” British Library. Accessed July 10th, 2020. https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/friendship-album-of-moyses-walens.

“Margaretta Forten.” If They Should Ask. Accessed July 15th, 2020. http://www.iftheyshouldask.com/margaretta-forten/.

“Sarah Mapps Douglass.” If They Should Ask. Accessed July 15th, 2020. http://www.iftheyshouldask.com/sarah-mapps-douglass/.