| Description |
xxv, 177 pages : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Twayne's African American history series |
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Twayne's African American history series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-167) and index. |
| Contents |
Chronology -- The African homelands -- Life in the West African grasslands -- Life in the forest regions of West and Central Africa -- The East Atlantic slaving system -- The Middle Passage and beyond -- Black life in the non-English borderlands -- The Spanish territories -- The French borderlands -- Black life in the English North American colonies -- Moving toward racial slavery -- New England -- New York and the middle colonies -- The Chesapeake -- The lower South -- The Native American frontier -- A new African American culture -- New ways in the New World -- Colonial black religion, old and new -- African American arts -- Work and celebration in the African American style -- The struggle toward freedom -- "Til he is well scraped" -- A heritage of resistance -- From Revolution to partial emancipation -- Looking forward: nwe directions in a new nation. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- History -- To 1863.
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| ISBN |
0805739025 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780805739022 cloth alkaline paper |
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0805739033 paper alkaline paper |
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9780805739039 paper alkaline paper |
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