{"product_id":"african-americans-in-the-colonial-era-9781119133872","title":"African Americans in the Colonial Era","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat 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?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrevious 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this fourth edition of \u003ci\u003eAfrican Americans in the Colonial Era: From African Origins through the American Revo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter One: Atlantic Origins 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAtlantic Africa 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Atlantic Trade 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Slaving Voyage 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Development of Slavery in Mainland North America 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Chesapeake  8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Low Country 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Lower Mississippi 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew England and the Middle Colonies 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlavery and Racial Prejudice 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Three: African-American Culture 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfricans in America 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemography, Community, and Culture 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Daily Toil 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFamily 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFolk Culture 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhites and Blacks, Men and Women, Humanity and Inhumanity 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResistance, Escape, Rebellion, and Suicide 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Four: The Revolutionary Era 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlavery and Ideology 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFreedom for Some 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging African-American Society 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Foundations of Caste 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecuring the Blessings of Liberty 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographical Essay 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 289\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406994514263,"sku":"9781119133872","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119133872.jpg?v=1730497820","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/african-americans-in-the-colonial-era-9781119133872","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}