Africa: A Look Back (The Drama of African-american History)

Haskins, James; Benson, Kathleen

ISBN 10: 0761421483 / ISBN 13: 9780761421481

Published by Cavendish Square, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Africa: A Look Back (The Drama of African-american History)
• Publisher: Cavendish Square
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761421483
• ISBN 13: 9780761421481
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

"Provides a history of the roots of African-American culture, going back to the period of the transatlantic slave trade and earlier. Much of the history is told through reminiscences of slaves or former slaves in their 'narratives'"--Provided by publisher.

Reviews

Grade 5-8-In each volume, six or seven chapters of text are enhanced by reproductions of photographs, documents, drawings, and maps. Africa describes the early history of the western part of the continent and the beginnings of slavery before the eighth century. Four chapters are based on slave narratives by Olaudah Equiano, Ayuba ben Suleiman Diallo, Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua, and Venture Smith. Resistance describes practices in Colonial America and how slaves' conditions gradually became harsher. The book also discusses the dichotomy of a Revolutionary War in which only one group would gain freedom, the necessity of a labor force to produce and harvest crops, life on a plantation, and various uprisings, including the Nat Turner Rebellion. Slave Trade focuses on the well-traveled triangle between Africa, the American colonies, and Europe. This volume explains how some Africans sold their countrymen into slavery, the conditions aboard the ships, and the effects of this trade on societies in three continents. Reconstruction Era describes the many post-Civil War political factions in Washington, the efforts of the Freedman's Bureau to help former slaves, and the obstruction of these efforts by Southern landowners. These books are appropriate for libraries needing more material on African-American history. The Slavery in American History series (Enslow, 2004) and the Slavery in the Americas set (Facts On File, 2006) have comparable information, although neither includes a volume on the early history of Africa.–Ann Joslin, Fort LeBoef School District, Waterford, PA
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