Working the Diaspora : The Impact of African Labor on the Anglo-American World, 1650-1850 /

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From the sixteenth to early-nineteenth century, four times more Africans than Europeans crossed the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. While this forced migration stripped slaves of their liberty, it failed to destroy many of their cultural practices, which came with Africans to the New World. In Worki...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knight, Frederick C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2010]
Colección:Culture, Labor, History ; 8
Temas:
African diaspora.
Africans > America > History.
Agricultural laborers > America > History.
Agriculture > America > History.
Black people > America > History.
Blacks > America > History.
Slave labor > America > History.
HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775).
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Material Life in West and West Central Africa, 1650−1800
  • 2 Seeds of Change
  • 3 Cultivating Knowledge
  • 4 In an Ocean of Blue
  • 5 Slave Artisans
  • 6 Natural Worship
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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