Becoming African in America : race and nation in the early Black Atlantic

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Becoming African in America : race and nation in the early Black Atlantic

Title remainder

race and nation in the early Black Atlantic

Statement of responsibility

James Sidbury

Creator

• Sidbury, James

Subject

• African Americans -- History -- To 1863
• African Americans -- Migrations | History
• African Americans -- Race identity
• American literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
• Antislavery movements -- History -- 18th century
• Black nationalism -- History
• English literature -- Black authors | History and criticism
• United States -- Emigration and immigration | History
• United States -- Race relations
• Africa -- Emigration and immigration | History

Language

eng

Summary

James Sidbury reveals how African identity emerged in the late 18th century Atlantic world, tracing the development of 'African' from a degrading term connoting savage people, to a word that was a source of pride and unity for the diverse victims of the Atlantic slave trade

Dewey number

973.0496073

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Target audience

specialized