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Title: The Black Experience in America
The Immigrant Heritage of America

Author: Norman Coombs

Release Date: July 1, 2008 [EBook #67]

Language: English

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THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA

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THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA

The Immigrant Heritage of America

By Norman Coombs

Publisher: Twayne, (c 1972)

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction (omitted from electronic version)

PART ONE From Freedom to Slavery

1. African Origins
The Human Cradle
West African Empires
The Culture of West Africa

2. The Human Market
The Slave Trade
Caribbean Interlude

3. Slavery As Capitalism
The Shape of American Slavery
North American and South American Slavery
Slavery and the Formation of Character
Slave Response

4. All Men Are Created Equal
Slavery and the American Revolution
Slave Insurrections
Growing Racism