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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807179203321

Autore

Wood Peter H. <1943-.>

Titolo

Strange new land : African Americans, 1617-1776 / / Peter H. Wood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1996

ISBN

0-19-028220-7

0-19-976255-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (125 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

973/.0496073 s

973/.0496073

Soggetti

African Americans - History - To 1863

Slavery - United States - History

Slavery - History

United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Juvenile literature

United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Preface: BURIED BEYOND THE FENCE -- Chapter 1 THE EARLIEST AFRICANS IN NORTH AMERICA -- Chapter 2 THE UNCERTAIN CENTURY -- Chapter 3 THE TERRIBLE TRANSFORMATION -- Chapter 4 A NATION OF NEWCOMERS -- Chapter 5 A WORLD OF WORK -- Chapter 6 BUILDING A CULTURE -- Chapter 7 BREAKING THE BONDS -- Chapter 8 "LIBERTY! LIBERTY! -- CHRONOLOGY -- FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Discusses the lives of Blacks in the American colonies, from the 16th century when slaves were first brought over by the Spanish to the onset of the American Revolution.