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Africa's Gift to America : The Afro-American in the Making and Saving of the United States /
Classic work of black study indicating a place for African people within Western history.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Middleton, Connecticut] :
Helga M. Rogers,
1989.
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| Edición: | Civil War Centennial edition, revised and enlarged. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Foreword; Why This Book Was Written; I. THE AFRICAN BACKGROUND; Africa's Gift to the World; The Africans in the Making of America-The First Europeans; Africa as the Economic Foundation of the United States; Were Africans the Only Slaves?; Coming of the Africans. Earlier Ones by States; II. THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN THE MAKING OF THE UNITED STATES; Defenders of Freedom and Independence; Revolutionary War; Negroes in the Personal Service of George Washington; Negroes in the War of 1799; Negroes in the War of 1812; Economic Dependence on the Negroes.
- III. THE NEGRO IN THE SAVING OF AMERICAThe Civil War; The Confederacy and Its Use of Negroes; The Turn Towards Victory for the Union Army; Deeds of the Negro Soldier and Sailor; IV. SOME IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SLAVE ERA; Slave Artisans and Other Workers; Africa and the West Today; V. NEW SUPPLEMENT-Africa and Its Potentialities; VI. ADDITIONAL PICTURES.