| Title | : | To Make Our World Anew: Volume I: A History of African Americans to 1880 |
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| ISBN | : | 9780195181340 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780195181340 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 pages |
The two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up to date and comprehensive account available of African American history from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas right up to today's black filmmakers and politicians This first volume begins with the story of Africa and its origins then presents an overview of the Atlantic slave trade and the forced migration and enslavement of between ten and twenty million people It covers the Haitian Revolution which ended victoriously in 1804 with the birth of the first independent black nation in the New World and slave rebellions and resistance in the United States in the years leading up to the Civil War There are vivid accounts of the Civil War and Reconstruction years the backlash of the notorious Jim Crow laws and mob lynchings and the founding of key black educational institutions such as Howard University in Washington DC Here is a panoramic view of African American life rich in gripping first person accounts and short character sketches that invite readers to relive history as African Americans have experienced it
To Make Our World Anew: Volume I: A History of African Americans to 1880 Reviews
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This book was very interesting I read if for an African American history class My one complaint is that there is no index to be able to cross reference and return to certain sections when doing research for papers The information contained is very in depth and not too academic However I tended to wish it were broad based I thought the information covered was fantastic but it did not cover everything that a text book perhaps should This could be used in tandem with a broader and shallower book to delve into certain issues deeply
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Excellent writing I am a big history buff and love to read about African American history and ethnic studies
