Generations of Captivity - A History of African-American Slaves

Informationen zum Autor Ira Berlin Klappentext A master historian traces African-American slavery in the United States from its beginnings in the 17th century to its fiery demise nearly 300 years later, providing a rich understanding of the slaves' experience that continues to mobilize American thought and passions today. Zusammenfassung Berlin traces the history of African-American slavery in the U.S. from its beginnings in the 17th century to its fiery demise nearly 300 years later. He offers a major reinterpretation in which slavery was made and remade by successive generations of Africans and African Americans. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: Slavery and Freedom 1. Charter Generations 2. Plantation Generations 3. Revolutionary Generations 4. Migration Generations Epilogue: Freedom Generations Tables Abbreviations Notes Acknowledgments Index

Product details

• Authors: IRA Berlin
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2004
• EAN: 9780674016248
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01624-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 237 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book; Ethnic Studies, History, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery