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Strange new land : Africans in colonial America /

Offers a history of Africans in North America from the first arrivals in 1526 through the Revolutionary War.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wood, Peter H., 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
African Americans > History > To 1863.
Africans > North America > History.
Slavery > United States > History.
Slavery > North America > History.
United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Contributor biographical information
Table of Contents:
  • Buried beyond the fence
  • The earliest Africans in North America
  • The uncertain century
  • The terrible transformation
  • A nation of newcomers
  • A world of work
  • Building a culture
  • Breaking the bonds
  • "Liberty! liberty!"
  • Chronology.