Middle Passages
Subtitle: African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
Published: May 4, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9781594200830
Subjects: Relations with Africans; History; Ethnic Issues; History: World; Travel; Africa; Africa - General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; History / Africa; African Americans
First sentence: IN THE FOUR HUNDRED YEARS after Columbus touched ground at San Salvador, some fifteen million Africans were loaded into ships and borne into the maelstrom of New World slavery.