From slavery to freedom
Subtitle: a history of African Americans
By: John Hope Franklin, Alfred A. Moss, Jr.
Contributors: Moss, Alfred A., 1943-
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; A.A Knopf
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 742
Subjects: African Americans -- History; Slavery -- United States -- History
Other titles: History of African Americans
Description: From slavery to freedom describes the rise of slavery, the interaction of European and African cultures in the New World, and the emergence of a distinct culture and way of life among slaves and free Blacks. The authors examine the role of Blacks in the nation's wars, the rise of an articulate, restless free Black community by the end of the eighteenth century, and the growing resistance to slavery among an expanding segment of the Black population.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 637-685) and index.
Table of contents: title: Land of their ancestors; title: The African way of life; title: The slave trade and the new world; title: Colonial slavery; title: That all may be free; title: Blacks in the new republic; title: Blacks and manifest destiny; title: That peculiar institution; title: Quasi-free Blacks; title: Slavery and intersectional strife; title: Civil War; title: The effort to attain peace; title: Losing the peace; title: Philanthropy and self-help; title: The color line; title: In pursuit of democracy; title: Democracy escapes; title: The Harlem Renaissance; title: The New Deal; title: The American dilemma; title: Fighting for the four freedoms; title: African Americans in the Cold War era; title: The Black revolution; title: Reaction and progress; title: Half century of change.