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African founders : how enslaved people expanded American ideals
Title
African founders : how enslaved people expanded American ideals / David Hackett Fischer.
ISBN
9781982145095
1982145099
9781982145101
1982145102
9781982145118
1982145110
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publication
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
xii, 944 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Summary
"A brilliant synthesis of African and African-American history that shows how slavery differed in different regions of the country, and how the Africans and their descendants influenced the culture, commerce, and laws of the early United States"-- Provided by publisher
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How enslaved people expanded American ideals
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 09, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 751-890) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Northern regions. New England: Puritan purposes, Akan ethics, American values ; Hudson Valley: Dutch capitalists, Angolan entrepreneurs, American strivers ; Delaware Valley: Quaker founders, Guinea achievers, American reformers
Southern regions. Chesapeake, Virginia and Maryland: English founders, West African strivers, Afro-American leaders ; Coastal Carolina, Georgia and Florida: Barbadian planters, Gullah Geechee cultures, American roots ; Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Gulf Coast: French, Spanish and Anglo rulers; Bamana, Benin & Congo clusters; American Pluralism in the Mississippi Valley
Frontier regions. Western frontiers: Fulani herders, Carolina cattlemen, Texas mustangers ; Maritime frontiers: West African boatmen, Atlantic seamen, American maritime traditions ; Southern frontiers: Angolan soldiers, AfroSpanish militias, U.S. Seminole Negro scouts - Summary and conclusion.
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