Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery
Pages: 512
|Published: 1 Jan 1998
Description
The acclaimed account of slavery in America, illuminating how Africans and
Europeans built a nation. A riveting narrative history of America, from the 1607 landing
in Jamestown to the brink of the Civil War, Africans in America tells the shared history
of Africans and Europeans as seen through the lens of slavery. It is told from the point
of view of the Africans who arrived in shackles and endured the terrible dichotomy of
this new land founded on the ideal of liberty but dedicated to the perpetuation of
slavery. Meticulously researched, this book weaves together the experiences of the
colonists, slaves, free and fugitive blacks, and abolitionists to present an utterly
original document, a startling and moving drama of the effects of slavery and racism on
our conflicted national identity. The result transcends history as we were taught it and
transforms the way we see our past.
Europeans built a nation. A riveting narrative history of America, from the 1607 landing
in Jamestown to the brink of the Civil War, Africans in America tells the shared history
of Africans and Europeans as seen through the lens of slavery. It is told from the point
of view of the Africans who arrived in shackles and endured the terrible dichotomy of
this new land founded on the ideal of liberty but dedicated to the perpetuation of
slavery. Meticulously researched, this book weaves together the experiences of the
colonists, slaves, free and fugitive blacks, and abolitionists to present an utterly
original document, a startling and moving drama of the effects of slavery and racism on
our conflicted national identity. The result transcends history as we were taught it and
transforms the way we see our past.
