A structural analysis of enslavement in the African diaspora / edited by James L. Conyers, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Conyers, James L., Jr.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Studies in African diaspora ; v. 1.

Studies in African diaspora ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African diaspora.

Slavery.

Slavery--United States.

United States.

Antislavery movements.

Antislavery movements--United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 427 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2001]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Africa 1

The Unknown African Origin / Carter G. Woodson 3

Some Aspects of Slavery in Southeastern Nigeria / J. S. Harris 17

Negro Culture in Two Continents, A General Discussion / Fred A. Carlson 35

Ancient African Civilizations / Charles H. Wesley 39

America Discovered Many Times Before Columbus Came / Burton Kline 77

Chapter 2 Africans in Europe 93

Negro Companions of the Spanish Explorers / R. R. Wright 95

Special Report of the Anti-Slavery Conference, Held in Paris, In the Salle Yerz, August 26-27, 1867 107

Dr. Cheever's Position and John Brown's Execution 117

Spanish Guinea: Enclave Empire / Sanford Berman 135

The Rise of Negro Education in the British Empire / Charles H. Wesley 159

Chapter 3 Africans in the Caribbean 183

The Negro Brotherhood of Sevilla / Arthur A. Schomburg 185

A History of Slavery in Cuba: 1511 to 1868 / Hubert H. S. Aimes 193

The British West Indian Slave Trade After Its Abolition in 1807 / Eric Williams 207

A Note on Jamaica / Ruth Anna Fisher 225

Life on the Sea Island / C. L. Forten 229

Chapter 4 Enslavement of Africa 251

Proceedings of the Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women Held in Philadelphia, May 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1838 253

An Address to the Anti-Slavery Christians of the United States 265

Constitution of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society Preamble 281

The Fate of the Southern Anti-Slavery Movement, Kenneth M. Stammp 287

Constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society and its Auxiliaries 301

Chapter 5 Blacks in America 311

Communications / John R. Lynch 313

Debtor and Chattel Slavery in Aboriginal North America / William Christie Macleod 319

Slavery in Struggle with Servitude / Carter G. Woodson 333

Revitalized Slavery Curbed / Alruthens Ambush Taylor 349

The Negro in American Thought: The Nadir 1877-1901 / Rayford Logan 363

The Negro Immigrant / Ira De A. Reid 373

Reconstruction and Its Benefit / W. E. Burghardt DuBois 391.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0773474358

OCLC:

46419817