American Slavery: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Heather Andrea WilliamsSeries:Very Short IntroductionsPublish date:2014-11-03Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199922680ISBN-10:199922683UPC:9780199922680Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, SlaveryBook Topic:Colonial Period (1600-1775), Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)Size:6.88 x 4.76 x 0.32 inchesWeight:0.2712Product ID:SCRYWWTRJ0
Europeans, Africans, and American Indians practiced slavery long before the first purchase of a captive African by a white land-owner in the American colonies; that, however, is the image of slavery most prevalent in the minds of Americans today. This Very Short Introduction begins with the Portuguese capture of Africans in the 1400s and traces the development of American slavery until its...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199922680ISBN-10:199922683UPC:9780199922680Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, SlaveryBook Topic:Colonial Period (1600-1775), Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)Size:6.88 x 4.76 x 0.32 inchesWeight:0.2712Product ID:SCRYWWTRJ0
Heather Andrea Williams is Presidential Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery, and Self-Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom.
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