Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery - Hardcover

Smith, Patricia; Johnson, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151003394 ISBN 13: 9780151003396

Publisher: Harcourt Brace International, 1998

Synopsis

A companion volume to the four-part PBS series chronicles the lives of Africans as slaves in America from the time of the Jamestown settlement through the end of the Civil War, while exploring African-Americans' modern-day struggles with racism. TV tie-in. 125,000 first printing. Tour.

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Review:

Outstanding . . . It is a triumph of historical research, worthy of a place on anyone's bookshelf.-USA Today
What Eyes on the Prize did for the civil rights movement, Africans in America will do for slavery."-The Village Voice
A magnificent achievement, history at its superb best, brilliantly researched, poetically written, brimming over with original documents that cannot help but move the reader.--Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States

From the Publisher:

Endorsement
AFRICANS IN AMERICA is a magnificent achievement, history at its superb best, brilliantly researched, poetically written, brimming over with original documents that cannot help but move the reader. It is a perfect example of history as a work of art. --Howard Zinn, Author of "A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES"

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt Brace International
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0151003394
• ISBN 13: 9780151003396
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400