Upon these Shores: Themes in the African-American Experience 1600 to the PresentWilliam R. Scott, William G. Shade Routledge, 31 thg 10, 2013 - 480 trang This one-volume, comprehensive overview of African American history brings together original essays by some of the foremost authorities in the field. Arranged both thematically and chronologically, these papers discuss a wide range of topics - from the Middle Passage to the Civil Rights Movement; from abolition to the Great Migration; from issues in religion, class and family to literature, education and politics. |
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... labor . But the majority of Europeans migrated voluntarily . And , although many endured prejudice and penury , all were extended - in relatively short order - the rights to life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness eventually ...
... labor . But the majority of Europeans migrated voluntarily . And , although many endured prejudice and penury , all were extended - in relatively short order - the rights to life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness eventually ...
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... labor to cul- tivate large - scale cash crops had led to the mass importation of African slaves mostly into the colonies of the Chesapeake Bay region and the lower South . These huge imports , combined with the natural increase of the ...
... labor to cul- tivate large - scale cash crops had led to the mass importation of African slaves mostly into the colonies of the Chesapeake Bay region and the lower South . These huge imports , combined with the natural increase of the ...
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... labor , and by the mid - nineteenth century more than half worked in gangs on the cotton plantations of the lower South . Most of the slave- holders owned only a handful of slaves ( five or fewer ) , but most slaves lived on plantations ...
... labor , and by the mid - nineteenth century more than half worked in gangs on the cotton plantations of the lower South . Most of the slave- holders owned only a handful of slaves ( five or fewer ) , but most slaves lived on plantations ...
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... labor wors- ened and many blacks abandoned agrarian life , first moving to the growing cities of the New South , which promised improved economic opportunities . Others looked west to Kansas and Oklahoma , and a few even considered ...
... labor wors- ened and many blacks abandoned agrarian life , first moving to the growing cities of the New South , which promised improved economic opportunities . Others looked west to Kansas and Oklahoma , and a few even considered ...
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... labor , and the universities . But amid the opportunities now open to educated blacks , a downward turn in the economy could threaten the security of middle - class African Americans whose members continue to be substantially first ...
... labor , and the universities . But amid the opportunities now open to educated blacks , a downward turn in the economy could threaten the security of middle - class African Americans whose members continue to be substantially first ...
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this peculiar institution | 61 |
Africans in EighteenthCentury North America | 83 |
In Search of Freedom | 102 |
Though We Are Not Slaves | 118 |
Full of Faith Full of Hope | 141 |
From Booker T to Malcolm X | 198 |
Black Religious Traditions | 285 |
AfricanAmerican Family Life in Societal Context | 303 |
From Black Bourgeoisie to AfricanAmerican | 319 |
Black Feminism in the United States | 347 |
African Americans and Education | 369 |
After the Movement | 389 |
The Quest for Black Equity | 404 |
Black Internationalism | 418 |
Rights Power and Equality | 221 |
The Sounds of Blackness | 251 |
Black Voices | 270 |
Afterword | 435 |
Notes on Contributors | 445 |
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