{"product_id":"african-americans-in-the-colonial-era-9780882952741","title":"African Americans in the Colonial Era","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver recent decades few topics of American history have been subject to greater attention and more thorough revision than African Americans in colonial times. Acclaimed works by leading scholars, relying on new bodies of evidence and writing from a fresh, Atlantic perspective, have provided a broadened, more nuanced view of the topic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the first edition: \"This fine, brief survey...ought to be widely used. It offeres a balanced, up-to-date treatement of West African cultures, the Atlantic slave trade, the slow development of slavery in the English colonies, the rise of racism, and the changing cultures of Americans in African ancestry. ... Wright has performed a real service. ...this book is far and away the best short survey of early African-American history.\" ( EthnoHistory, 1992) \"Wright provides the reader with a better understanding and considerable insight into the causes, consequences and conditions of African Americans in colonial North America.\" ( International Migration Review, 1992)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the Third Edition and Acknowledgments ix    Introduction 1    CHAPTER ONE: Atlantic Origins 9    Atlantic Africa 13    The Atlantic Trade 25    The Slaving Voyage 46    CHAPTER TWO: Development of Slavery in Mainland North America 62    The Chesapeake 66    The Low Country 80    The Lower Mississippi 92    New England and the Middle Colonies 97    Slavery and Racial Prejudice 106    CHAPTER THREE: African-American Culture 111    African in America 113    Demography, Community, and Culture 118    The Daily Toil 126    Family 138    Religion 143    Folk Culture 148    Whites and Blacks, Men and Women, Humanity and Inhumanity 158    Resistance, Escape, and Rebellion 162    CHAPTER FOUR: The Revolutionary Era 173    Slavery and Ideology 175    Freedom for Some 181    Changing African-American Society 192    The Foundations of Caste 211    Securing the Blessings of Liberty 215    Epilogue 219    Bibliographical Essay 223    Index 269    Maps:    Africa in the Era of the Atlantic Trade, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 17    Colonies of the North American Mainland in the Eighteenth Century 65","brand":"Harlan Davidson Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528408965463,"sku":"9780882952741","price":23.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780882952741.jpg?v=1731871514","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/african-americans-in-the-colonial-era-9780882952741","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}