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African Americans in the Colonial Era
From African Origins through the American RevolutionThe American History Series 4. Aufl.
23,99 € |
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Verlag: | Wiley-Blackwell |
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Veröffentl.: | 24.02.2017 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781119133889 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 312 |
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<p>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?</p> <p>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.</p> <p>In this fourth edition of <i>African Americans in the Colonial Era: From African Origins through the American Revolution,</i> 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.</p>
<p>Acknowledgments ix<br /><br />Introduction 1</p> <p>Chapter One: Atlantic Origins 7</p> <p>Atlantic Africa 11</p> <p>The Atlantic Trade 23</p> <p>The Slaving Voyage 47</p> <p>Chapter Two: Development of Slavery in Mainland North America 64</p> <p>The Chesapeake 8</p> <p>The Low Country 82</p> <p>The Lower Mississippi 96</p> <p>New England and the Middle Colonies 101</p> <p>Slavery and Racial Prejudice 110</p> <p>Chapter Three: African-American Culture 117</p> <p>Africans in America 119</p> <p>Demography, Community, and Culture 124</p> <p>The Daily Toil 133</p> <p>Family 146</p> <p>Religion 151</p> <p>Folk Culture 157</p> <p>Whites and Blacks, Men and Women, Humanity and Inhumanity 169</p> <p>Resistance, Escape, Rebellion, and Suicide 174</p> <p>Chapter Four: The Revolutionary Era 185</p> <p>Slavery and Ideology 187</p> <p>Freedom for Some 195</p> <p>Changing African-American Society 206</p> <p>The Foundations of Caste 227</p> <p>Securing the Blessings of Liberty 232</p> <p>Epilogue 236</p> <p>Bibliographical Essay 240</p> <p>Index 289</p>
<p><b>DONALD R. WRIGHT </b>is Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, Emeritus, at SUNY-Cortland, USA. In 2003 he was Scholar-in-Residence at the Rockefeller Study Center in Bellagio, Italy. He is the author of <i>African Americans in the Early Republic, 1789—1831</i> and <i>The World and a Very Small Place in Africa: A History of Globalization in Niumi, The Gambia, 3rd ed.</i>, and is co-author of <i>The Atlantic World: A History.</i> He lives in Beaufort, South Carolina.</p>