African Americans in the Colonial Era

From African Origins through the American Revolution

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

AvDonald R. Wright,USA) Wright, Donald R. (State University of New York, Cortland,Donald R Wright

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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?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.In this fourth edition of African Americans in the Colonial Era: From African Origins through the American Revolution, 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-04-21
Mått140 x 213 x 15 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieAmerican History Series
Antal sidor312
Upplaga4
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781119133872

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Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Kolonialism och imperialism inom Historia och arkeologi

DONALD R. WRIGHT 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 African Americans in the Early Republic, 1789—1831 and The World and a Very Small Place in Africa: A History of Globalization in Niumi, The Gambia, 3rd ed., and is co-author of The Atlantic World: A History. He lives in Beaufort, South Carolina.

Acknowledgments ixIntroduction 1Chapter One: Atlantic Origins 7Atlantic Africa 11The Atlantic Trade 23The Slaving Voyage 47Chapter Two: Development of Slavery in Mainland North America 64The Chesapeake 8The Low Country 82The Lower Mississippi 96New England and the Middle Colonies 101Slavery and Racial Prejudice 110Chapter Three: African-American Culture 117Africans in America 119Demography, Community, and Culture 124The Daily Toil 133Family 146Religion 151Folk Culture 157Whites and Blacks, Men and Women, Humanity and Inhumanity 169Resistance, Escape, Rebellion, and Suicide 174Chapter Four: The Revolutionary Era 185Slavery and Ideology 187Freedom for Some 195Changing African-American Society 206The Foundations of Caste 227Securing the Blessings of Liberty 232Epilogue 236Bibliographical Essay 240Index 289

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