Black Elders - The Meaning of Age in American Slavery and Freedom

List of contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Coastal Africa and Atlantic Slavery

Chapter 2. Management, Labor, and Life Cycles

Chapter 3. The "Law of Respect to Elders"

Chapter 4. Communities of Care and Concern

Chapter 5. Home for the Aged

Epilogue. A Black Wisdom Tradition

Notes

Index

Acknowledgments

About the author

Frederick C. Knight is Professor of History at Morehouse College.

Product details

• Authors: Frederick Knight
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781512825664
• ISBN: 978-1-5128-2566-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Early American Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery, HISTORY / African American & Black