ISBN:
9780807846940
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (385 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Exchanging Our Country Marks : The Transformation of African Identity in the Colonial and Antebellum South
DDC:
305.896/073075
Keywords:
African Americans ; Race identity ; Southern States
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African Americans ; Southern States ; Ethnic identity
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Slaves ; Southern States ; Social life and customs
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Southern States ; History ; 1775-1865
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Southern States ; History ; Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE: Vesey's Challenge -- CHAPTER TWO: Time and Space -- CHAPTER THREE: Warriors, Charms, and Loas: Senegambia and the Bight of Benin -- CHAPTER FOUR: Prayin' on duh Bead: Islam in Early America -- CHAPTER FIVE: Societies and Stools: Sierra Leone and the Akan -- CHAPTER SIX: I Seen Folks Disappeah: The Igbo and West Central Africa -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Talking Half African: Middle Passage, Seasoning, and Language -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Tad's Query: Ethnicity and Class in African America -- CHAPTER NINE: Turning Down the Pot: Christianity and the African-Based Community -- CHAPTER TEN: The Least of These -- Appendix: Census Estimates for 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, and 1830 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""CHAPTER ONE: Vesey's Challenge""; ""CHAPTER TWO: Time and Space""; ""CHAPTER THREE: Warriors, Charms, and Loas: Senegambia and the Bight of Benin""; ""CHAPTER FOUR: Prayin' on duh Bead: Islam in Early America""; ""CHAPTER FIVE: Societies and Stools: Sierra Leone and the Akan""; ""CHAPTER SIX: I Seen Folks Disappeah: The Igbo and West Central Africa""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN: Talking Half African: Middle Passage, Seasoning, and Language""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT: Tad's Query: Ethnicity and Class in African America""
Description / Table of Contents:
""CHAPTER NINE: Turning Down the Pot: Christianity and the African-Based Community""""CHAPTER TEN: The Least of These""; ""Appendix: Census Estimates for 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, and 1830""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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