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Strange new land : African Americans, 1617-1776 / Peter H. Wood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wood, Peter H., 1943-.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--History--To 1863--Juvenile literature.
- African Americans.
- Slavery--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
- Slavery.
- African Americans--History--To 1863.
- Slavery--History.
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Juvenile literature.
- United States.
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (125 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- Discusses the lives of Blacks in the American colonies, from the 16th century when slaves were first brought over by the Spanish to the onset of the American Revolution.
- Contents:
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- Preface: BURIED BEYOND THE FENCE
- Chapter 1 THE EARLIEST AFRICANS IN NORTH AMERICA
- Chapter 2 THE UNCERTAIN CENTURY
- Chapter 3 THE TERRIBLE TRANSFORMATION
- Chapter 4 A NATION OF NEWCOMERS
- Chapter 5 A WORLD OF WORK
- Chapter 6 BUILDING A CULTURE
- Chapter 7 BREAKING THE BONDS
- Chapter 8 "LIBERTY! LIBERTY!
- CHRONOLOGY
- FURTHER READING
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- V
- W
- Z.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028220-7
- 0-19-976255-4
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