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Becoming African in America race and nation in the early Black Atlantic
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Title
Becoming African in America [electronic resource] : race and nation in the early Black Atlantic / James Sidbury.
ISBN
9780199789009 (ebook) :
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Physical Description
1 online resource (ix, 291 p.) : ill., maps.
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Summary
James Sidbury reveals how African identity emerged in the late 18th century Atlantic world, tracing the development of 'African' from a degrading term connoting savage people, to a word that was a source of pride and unity for the diverse victims of the Atlantic slave trade.
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Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 03, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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