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African founders : how enslaved people expanded American ideals / David Hackett Fischer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fischer, David Hackett, 1935- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--History.
- African Americans.
- Africans--United States--History.
- Africans.
- Enslaved persons--United States--History.
- Enslaved persons.
- Freed persons--United States.
- Freed persons.
- Slavery--United States--History.
- Slavery.
- United States--Civilization--African American influences.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 944 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- How enslaved people expanded American ideals
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
- Contents:
- Northern regions, New England
- Puritan purposes, Akan ethics, American values
- Hudson Valley
- Dutch capitalists, Angolan entrepreneurs, American strivers
- Delaware Valley
- Quaker founders, Guinea achievers, American reformers
- Southern regions, Chesapeake, Virginia and Maryland
- English masters, West African rebels, American leaders
- Coastal Carolina and Georgia
- Barbadian planters, Gullah-Geechee cultures, American roots
- Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Gulf Coast
- French, Spanish & Anglo rulers; Bamana, Benin & Congo clusters; American Pluralism
- Frontier regions, Western frontiers : free range slaves
- Fulani herders, Texas cowboys, American mustangers
- Maritime frontiers : saltwater slaves
- West African boatmen, Atlantic seamen, American mariners
- Southern frontiers : warrior slaves
- Angolan soldiers, Afro-Seminole warriors, U.S. Seminole-Negro scouts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 751-890) and index.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Fischer, David Hackett African Founders
- ISBN:
- 1982145110
- 9781982145118
- Publisher Number:
- 99991327318
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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