Afro-Virginian history and culture / edited by John Saillant.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Saillant, John.

Series:

Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 1443.

Crosscurrents in African American history ; v. 5.

Garland reference library of social science [i.e. the humanities] ; v. 1443. Crosscurrents in African American history ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Virginia--History.

African Americans.

History.

Virginia.

Physical Description:

x, 252 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Garland, 1999.

Summary:

The essays in this collection offer new evidence and new conclusions on topics in the history of African Americans in Virginia such as the demography of early slave imports, the means used to regulate slave labor, the situation of female hired slaves in the backcountry, African American women in the Civil War era, and the Garveyite grassroots organizations of the 1920s.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0815324340

OCLC:

40646046