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Author:

Wright, Donald R., author.

Title:

African Americans in the Colonial era : from African origins through the American Revolution / Donald R. Wright.

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Publisher:

Wiley Blackwell,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

ix, 300 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--History--To 1863.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Chapter one: Atlantic origins -- Atlantic Africa -- The Atlantic trade -- The slaving voyage -- Chapter two: development of slavery in mainland North America -- The Chesapeake -- The Low Country -- The lower Mississippi -- New England and the middle colonies -- Slavery and racial prejudice -- Chapter three: African-American culture -- Africans in America -- Demography, community, and culture -- The daily toil -- Family -- Religion -- Folk culture -- White and blacks, men and women, humanity and inhumanity -- Resistance, escape, rebellion, and suicide -- Chapter four: the revolutionary era -- Slavery and ideology -- Freedom for some -- Changing African-American society -- The foundations of caste -- Securing the blessings of liberty.

Series:

The American history series

ISBN:

1119133874
9781119133872

OCLC:

(OCoLC)985932177

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)