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Slavery and African ethnicities in the Americas : restoring the links /

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Explores the persistence of African ethnic identity among the enslaved in North America, the Caribbean, and South America over four hundred years of the Atlantic slave trade. Investigates such issues as who profited from the Atlantic slave trade, how Africans were defined and named by slave traders,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2005]
Series:UNC Press law publications.
Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law.
Subjects:
Africans > America > Ethnic identity.
Slavery > America > History.
Slaves > America > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Explores the persistence of African ethnic identity among the enslaved in North America, the Caribbean, and South America over four hundred years of the Atlantic slave trade. Investigates such issues as who profited from the Atlantic slave trade, how Africans were defined and named by slave traders, and how the enslaved identified themselves. Traces the linguistic, economic, and cultural ties shared by large numbers of enslaved Africans.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 225 pages) : illustrations, portraits, maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-212) and index.