(The American History Series) 4th Edition
by Donald R. Wright (Author)
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.
