ISBN:
9780199789009
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (ix, 291 p.)
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Sidbury, James Becoming African in America
DDC:
973.0496073
Keywords:
African Americans History, To 1863
;
African Americans Race identity
;
Black nationalism History
;
American literature African American authors
;
History and criticism
;
English literature Black authors
;
History and criticism
;
Antislavery movements History, 18th century
;
African Americans Migrations
;
History
;
African Americans History
;
To 1863
;
African Americans Race identity
;
Black nationalism History
;
American literature African American authors
;
History and criticism
;
English literature Black authors
;
History and criticism
;
Antislavery movements History
;
18th century
;
African Americans Migrations
;
History
;
United States Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
Amerika
;
Afrikaner
;
Schwarze
;
Nationalbewusstsein
;
Ethnische Identität
;
Abolitionismus
;
Geschichte 1760-1854
Abstract:
James Sidbury reveals how African identity emerged in the late 18th century Atlantic world, tracing the development of 'African' from a degrading term connoting savage people, to a word that was a source of pride and unity for the diverse victims of the Atlantic slave trade.
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195320107.001.0001