African Americans in the Colonial Era : From African Origins through the American Revolution Paperback / softback
by Donald R. (State University of New York, Cortland, USA) Wright
Part of the The American History Series series
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What are the origins of slavery and race-based prejudice in the mainland American colonies?
How did the Atlantic slave trade operate to supply African labor to colonial America?
How did African-American culture form and evolve? How did the American Revolution affect men and women of African descent?
Previous editions of this work depicted African-Americans in the American mainland colonies as their contemporaries saw them: as persons from one of the four continents who interacted economically, socially, and politically in a vast, complex Atlantic world.
It showed how the society that resulted in colonial America reflected the mix of Atlantic cultures and that a group of these people eventually used European ideas to support creation of a favorable situation for those largely of European descent, omitting Africans, who constituted their primary labor force. In this fourth edition of African Americans in the Colonial Era: From African Origins through the American Revolution, acclaimed scholar Donald R.
Wright offers new interpretations to provide a clear understanding of the Atlantic slave trade and the nature of the early African-American experience.
This revised edition incorporates the latest data, a fresh Atlantic perspective, and an updated bibliographical essay to thoroughly explore African-Americans’ African origins, their experience crossing the Atlantic, and their existence in colonial America in a broadened, more nuanced way.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:312 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:21/04/2017
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- ISBN:9781119133872
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:312 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:21/04/2017
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- ISBN:9781119133872