Afro-Virginian History and Culture

The essays in this collection offer new evidence and new conclusions on topics in the history of African Americans in Virginia such as the demography of early slave imports, the means used to regulate slave labor, the situation of female hired slaves in the backcountry, African American women in the Civil War era, and the Garveyite grassroots organizations of the 1920s.

List of contents

The Transtlantic Slave Trade to Virginia in Comparative Historical Perspective, 1698-1778, Douglas B. Chambers * Time, Sound, and the Virginia Slave, Mark M. Smith * Sustaining the Bonds of Kinship in Trans-Appalachian Migration, 1790-1811, Gail S. Terry * Slave Hiring and Slave Family and Friendship Ties in Rural Nineteenth Century Virginia, John J. Zaborney * Richmond's Place in the African American Diaspora, Gregg Kimball * African American Women and the United States Military in Civil War Virginia, Michelle A. Krowl * African American Churches, Fusion Politics in Virginia, and Campaign in 1889, Harold S. Fosythe * Garveyism and Contested Political Terrain in 1920s Virginia, Barbara Bair

About the author

John Saillant

Product details

• Assisted by: John Saillant (Editor), Saillant John (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.1999
• EAN: 9780815324348
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-2434-8
• No. of pages: 264
• Weight: 650 g
• Series: Crosscurrents in African American History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, Virginia, Anthropology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social and cultural history