Bibliograph

Becoming African in America, race and nation in the early Black Atlantic, James Sidbury

Type

Label

Becoming African in America, race and nation in the early Black Atlantic, James Sidbury

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Becoming African in America

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

647665110

Responsibility statement

James Sidbury

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

race and nation in the early Black Atlantic

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

Target audience

specialized

Classification