African founders : how enslaved people expanded American ideals /
Fischer, David Hackett, 1935-
African founders : how enslaved people expanded American ideals / How enslaved people expanded American ideals David Hackett Fischer. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - xii, 944 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 751-890) and index.
Introduction -- 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 founders, West African strivers, Afro-American leaders ; Coastal Carolina, Georgia and Florida: Barbadian planters, Gullah Geechee cultures, American roots ; Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Gulf Coast: French, Spanish and Anglo rulers; Bamana, Benin & Congo clusters; American Pluralism in the Mississippi Valley -- Frontier regions. Western frontiers: Fulani herders, Carolina cattlemen, Texas mustangers ; Maritime frontiers: West African boatmen, Atlantic seamen, American maritime traditions ; Southern frontiers: Angolan soldiers, AfroSpanish militias, U.S. Seminole Negro scouts - Summary and conclusion.
"A brilliant synthesis of African and African-American history that shows how slavery differed in different regions of the country, and how the Africans and their descendants influenced the culture, commerce, and laws of the early United States"--
9781982145095 1982145099 9781982145101 1982145102
2021020168
African Americans--History.
Africans--History.--United States
Slaves--History.--United States
Freed persons--History.--United States
Slavery--History.--United States
United States--Civilization--African American influences.
African founders : how enslaved people expanded American ideals / How enslaved people expanded American ideals David Hackett Fischer. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - xii, 944 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 751-890) and index.
Introduction -- 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 founders, West African strivers, Afro-American leaders ; Coastal Carolina, Georgia and Florida: Barbadian planters, Gullah Geechee cultures, American roots ; Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Gulf Coast: French, Spanish and Anglo rulers; Bamana, Benin & Congo clusters; American Pluralism in the Mississippi Valley -- Frontier regions. Western frontiers: Fulani herders, Carolina cattlemen, Texas mustangers ; Maritime frontiers: West African boatmen, Atlantic seamen, American maritime traditions ; Southern frontiers: Angolan soldiers, AfroSpanish militias, U.S. Seminole Negro scouts - Summary and conclusion.
"A brilliant synthesis of African and African-American history that shows how slavery differed in different regions of the country, and how the Africans and their descendants influenced the culture, commerce, and laws of the early United States"--
9781982145095 1982145099 9781982145101 1982145102
2021020168
African Americans--History.
Africans--History.--United States
Slaves--History.--United States
Freed persons--History.--United States
Slavery--History.--United States
United States--Civilization--African American influences.