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, Afro-American leaders -- Coastal Carolina and Georgia : Barbadian planters, Gullah-Geechee cultures, American roots -- Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Gulf Coast : French, Spanish and 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.
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