African Americans in the Colonial era : from African origins through the American Revolution

What Are The Origins Of Slavery And Race-based Prejudice In The Mainland American Colonies? How Did The Atlantic Slave Trade Operate To Supply African Labor To Colonial America? How Did African-american Culture Form And Evolve? How Did The American Revolution Affect Men And Women Of African Descent? Previous Editions Of This Work Depicted African-americans In The American Mainland Colonies As Their Contemporaries Saw Them: As Persons From One Of The Four Continents Who Interacted Economically, Socially, And Politically In A Vast, Complex Atlantic World. It Showed How The Society That Resulted In Colonial America Reflected The Mix Of Atlantic Cultures And That A Group Of These People Eventually Used European Ideas To Support Creation Of A Favorable Situation For Those Largely Of European Descent, Omitting Africans, Who Constituted Their Primary Labor Force. In This Fourth Edition Of African Americans In The Colonial Era: From African Origins Through The American Revolution, Acclaimed Scholar Donald R. Wright Offers New Interpretations To Provide A Clear Understanding Of The Atlantic Slave Trade And The Nature Of The Early African-american Experience. This Revised Edition Incorporates The Latest Data, A Fresh Atlantic Perspective, And An Updated Bibliographical Essay To Thoroughly Explore African-americans’ African Origins, Their Experience Crossing The Atlantic, And Their Existence In Colonial America In A Broadened, More Nuanced Way.