Becoming African in America : race and nation in the early Black Atlantic /

The first slaves imported to America did not see themselves as "African" but rather as members of ethnic groups such as the Temne, Igbo, or Yoruban. In Becoming African in America, James Sidbury reveals how an African identity emerged in the late eighteenth-century Atlantic world, tracing...

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Main Author: Sidbury, James
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
African Americans > History > To 1863.
African Americans > Migrations > History.
African Americans > Race identity.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Antislavery movements > History > 18th century.
Black nationalism > History.
English literature > Black authors > History and criticism.
Africa > Emigration and immigration > History.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History.
United States > Race relations.
Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0710/2007004017.html
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2007004017-b.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2007004017-d.html

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