description: This book is the first comprehensive survey of the African-American experience. It draws on recent research to present black history in a clear and direct manner, within a broad social, cultural, and political framework. Life in sixteenth-century Africa, slavery, the antislavery movement, The Civil War, emancipation, and reconstruction. For anyone who is interested in an in-depth exploration of African-American history as it relates to U.S. history.
language: English
title: The African-American Odyssey, Volume 1
titlecomplete: The African-American Odyssey, Volume 1
genres: History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 40
publisher: Addison Wesley Longman