Book Description
Dramatic and defining moments in American history come vividly the life in the Cornerstones of Freedom series.
Author : Deborah Kent
Publisher : Children's Press
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 37,49 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780516066318
Dramatic and defining moments in American history come vividly the life in the Cornerstones of Freedom series.
Author : Jean Kinney Williams
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 15,22 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780756503031
Describes the early days of Jamestown, its economy and the need for workers, and its role in bringing Africans to the colonies as slaves.
Author : Michael Burgan
Publisher : Children's Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,55 MB
Release : 2013
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 9780531219584
Presents a brief history of African-Americans and of slavery in seventeenth and eighteenth century America.
Author : Michael Burgan
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 28,73 MB
Release : 2013
Category :
ISBN : 9780531269909
Discusses the history of African Americans in the thirteen colonies from the earliest days of slavery to the Revolutionary War and how it has shaped our nation today.
Author : Deborah Kent
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 45,84 MB
Release : 1997
Category : American History
ISBN : 9780329263003
Presents a brief history of Afro-Americans and of slavery in seventeenth and eighteenth century America.
Author : John Micklos, Jr.
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 41,49 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1464611017
When the American Revolution began, thousands of people rushed to join the fight, on both sides. For many, choosing which side to fight for was difficult. Half a million black slaves lived in the thirteen colonies. About 200,000 American Indians lived on lands east of the Mississippi River. Both groups had much to gain, or lose, depending on which side won the war. Should they support the Americans fighting for independence, or support the British cause? This book explores through primary sources the amazing stories of African Americans and American Indians during the American Revolution.
Author : Christine Honders
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 28,18 MB
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1538343908
There has always been controversy over the settlement of America. American students have been taught that Columbus discovered America, yet what he found was neither America, nor was it undiscovered. In modern times, students have vast amounts of information available to them, however it is not always obvious which sources are reliable. This book explains the establishment of the thirteen colonies through the eyes of the colonists, Native Americans, African slaves, and the British Empire. Readers will learn that religious freedom wasn't the only reason colonists flocked to the New World. Sidebars with interesting details will help students navigate through the colonization of America with fresh perspective, while encouraging them to use multiple resources to gain informed opinions about historical topics.
Author : Alan Gilbert
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 22,1 MB
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0226293076
In this thought-provoking history, Gilbert illuminates how the fight for abolition and equality - not just for the independence of the few but for the freedom and self-government of the many - has been central to the American story from its inception."--Pub. desc.
Author : Donald R. Wright
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 34,17 MB
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1119133874
What are the origins of slavery and race-based prejudice in the mainland American colonies? How did the Atlantic slave trade operate to supply African labor to colonial America? How did African-American culture form and evolve? How did the American Revolution affect men and women of African descent? Previous editions of this work depicted African-Americans in the American mainland colonies as their contemporaries saw them: as persons from one of the four continents who interacted economically, socially, and politically in a vast, complex Atlantic world. It showed how the society that resulted in colonial America reflected the mix of Atlantic cultures and that a group of these people eventually used European ideas to support creation of a favorable situation for those largely of European descent, omitting Africans, who constituted their primary labor force. In this fourth edition of African Americans in the Colonial Era: From African Origins through the American Revolution, acclaimed scholar Donald R. Wright offers new interpretations to provide a clear understanding of the Atlantic slave trade and the nature of the early African-American experience. This revised edition incorporates the latest data, a fresh Atlantic perspective, and an updated bibliographical essay to thoroughly explore African-Americans’ African origins, their experience crossing the Atlantic, and their existence in colonial America in a broadened, more nuanced way.
Author : Robert G. Parkinson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 19,99 MB
Release : 2016-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1469626926
When the Revolutionary War began, the odds of a united, continental effort to resist the British seemed nearly impossible. Few on either side of the Atlantic expected thirteen colonies to stick together in a war against their cultural cousins. In this pathbreaking book, Robert Parkinson argues that to unify the patriot side, political and communications leaders linked British tyranny to colonial prejudices, stereotypes, and fears about insurrectionary slaves and violent Indians. Manipulating newspaper networks, Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, and their fellow agitators broadcast stories of British agents inciting African Americans and Indians to take up arms against the American rebellion. Using rhetoric like "domestic insurrectionists" and "merciless savages," the founding fathers rallied the people around a common enemy and made racial prejudice a cornerstone of the new Republic. In a fresh reading of the founding moment, Parkinson demonstrates the dual projection of the "common cause." Patriots through both an ideological appeal to popular rights and a wartime movement against a host of British-recruited slaves and Indians forged a racialized, exclusionary model of American citizenship.