Bibliograph

American founders, how people of African descent established freedom in the new world, Christina Proenza-Coles ; Foreword by Edward L. Ayers

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American founders, how people of African descent established freedom in the new world, Christina Proenza-Coles ; Foreword by Edward L. Ayers

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-329) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

American founders

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1057731389

Responsibility statement

Christina Proenza-Coles ; Foreword by Edward L. Ayers

Sub title

how people of African descent established freedom in the new world

Summary

"American Founders reveals men and women of African descent as key protagonists in the story of American democracy. It chronicles how black people developed and defended New World settlements, undermined slavery, and championed freedom throughout the hemisphere from the sixteenth thorough the twentieth centuries. While conventional history tends to reduce the roles of African Americans to antebellum slavery and the civil rights movement, in reality African residents preceded the English by a century and arrived in the Americas in numbers that far exceeded European migrants up until 1820. Afro-Americans were omnipresent in the founding and advancement of the Americas, and recurrently outnumbered Europeans at many times and places, from colonial Peru to antebellum Virginia. African-descended people contributed to every facet of American history as explorers, conquistadores, settlers, soldiers, sailors, servants, slaves, rebels, leaders, lawyers, litigants, laborers, artisans, artists, activists, translators, teachers, doctors, nurses, inventors, investors, merchants, mathematicians, scientists, scholars, engineers, entrepreneurs, generals, cowboys, pirates, professors, politicians, priests, poets, and presidents. The multitude of events and mixed-race individuals included in the book underscores that black and white Americans share the same history, and in many cases, the same ancestry. American Founders is meant to celebrate this shared heritage and strengthen these bonds."--Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

The rise of Atlantic slavery in a world historical context -- Sixteenth-century Afro-American conquistadores -- Seventeenth-century Afro-American colonials -- Eighteenth-century Afro-American revolutionaries -- Nineteenth-century Afro-American patriots and liberators -- Nineteenth-century Afro-American nationals -- Twentieth-century Afro-American freedom fighters-- Conclusion : new world history

Target audience

adult

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