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Author Fischer, David Hackett, 1935- author.

Title African founders : how enslaved people expanded American ideals / David Hackett Fischer.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.0496 FISCHER    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  973.0496 FISCHER    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  973.0496 FIS    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.0496 FISCHER    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  973.0496 FISCHER    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  973.0496 FISCHER    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  973.0496 FISCHER, DAVID HACKETT    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  973.0496 FIS    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  973.049 FIS    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  973.0496 FISCHER    Check Shelf

Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description xii, 944 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 751-890) and index.
Contents Northern regions, New England -- Puritan purposes, Akan ethics, American values -- Hudson Valley -- Dutch capitalists, Angolan entrepreneurs, American strivers -- Delaware Valley -- Quaker founders, Guinea achievers, American reformers -- Southern regions, Chesapeake, Virginia and Maryland -- English masters, West African rebels, American leaders -- Coastal Carolina, Georgia, and Florida -- Barbadian planters, Gullah-Geechee cultures, American roots -- Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Gulf Coast -- French, Spanish & Anglo rulers; Bamana, Benin & Congo clusters; American Pluralism in the Mississippi Valley -- Frontier regions, Western frontiers -- Fulani herders, Carolina cattlemen, Texas mustangers -- Maritime frontiers -- West African boatmen, Atlantic seamen, American maritime traditions -- Southern frontiers -- Angolan soldiers, Afro-Spanish militias, U.S. Seminole Negro scouts.
Summary "A brilliant synthesis of African and African-American history that shows how slavery differed in different regions of the country, and how the Africans and their descendants influenced the culture, commerce, and laws of the early United States"-- Provided by publisher
Subject United States -- Civilization -- African American influences.
Freed persons -- United States.
Slavery. (OCoLC)fst01120426
Africans. (OCoLC)fst00799938
Freed persons. (OCoLC)fst00933987
Africans -- United States -- History.
African Americans -- History.
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Subject Enslaved persons. (OCoLC)fst01120522
African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
Enslaved persons -- United States -- History.
Slavery -- United States -- History.
Civilization -- African American influences. (OCoLC)fst01352329
Added Title How enslaved people expanded American ideals
ISBN 9781982145095 (hardcover)
1982145099 (hardcover)
9781982145101 (trade paperback)
1982145102 (trade paperback)
9781982145118 (ebook)
1982145110 (ebook)
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