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9780195087000

Strange New Land African Americans 1617-1776

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195087000

  • ISBN10:

    0195087003

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1996-04-25
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

Strange New Land explores the history of slavery and the black strugglefor freedom before the U.S. became a nation. Beginning with the colonization ofNorth America, this book documents the transformation of slavery from a morebrutal form of indentured servitude to a full blown system of racial domination.It focuses on how Africans survived the process and how they shaped thecontours of American racial slavery.

Author Biography


About the Author:
Peter H. Wood is a professor of history at Duke University. Dr. Wood is the author of Black Majority: Negroes in Colonial south Carolina from 1670 through the Stono Rebellion, which was nominated for the National Book Award.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6(5)
Robin D. G. Kelley
Earl Lewis
Preface Buried Beyond the Fence 11(6)
The Earliest Africans in North America
17(12)
The Uncertain Century
29(10)
The Terrible Transformation
39(14)
A Nation of Newcomers
53(14)
A World of Work
67(12)
Building a Culture
79(16)
Breaking the Bonds
95(12)
``Liberty! Liberty!''
107(13)
Chronology 120(2)
Further Reading 122(2)
Index 124

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