num_pages: 544
description: A three-century history of African-American journeys back to Africa from an America where depicted travelers or their ancestors were slaves traces the experiences of such people as W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the founders of Liberia. 30,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Middle Passages: African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005
titlecomplete: Middle Passages: African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005
genres: Africa, Race, American History, African American, The United States Of America, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 65
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: History, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Mark Lynton History Prize
publisher: Penguin Press HC, The