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African founders : how enslaved people expanded American ideals / David Hackett Fischer.
"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"-- Provided by publisher
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982145095
- ISBN: 1982145099
- Physical Description: xii, 944 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 751-890) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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 masters, West African rebels, American leaders -- Coastal Carolina and Georgia -- Barbadian planters, Gullah-Geechee cultures, American roots -- Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Gulf Coast -- French, Spanish & Anglo rulers; Bamana, Benin & Congo clusters; American Pluralism -- Frontier regions, Western frontiers : free range slaves -- Fulani herders, Texas cowboys, American mustangers -- Maritime frontiers : saltwater slaves -- West African boatmen, Atlantic seamen, American mariners -- Southern frontiers : warrior slaves -- Angolan soldiers, Afro-Seminole warriors, U.S. Seminole-Negro scouts. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Green Free Library (Wellsboro) | 973.0496 FIS (Text) | 92525514 | GFWM Main Room | Available | - |
| Highland Community Library | 973.049 FIS (Text) | 35610000993472 | HGHM Nonfiction DVD | Available | - |
| Indian Valley Public Library | 973.0496 Fischer History (Text) | 39427103659181 | Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Martin Library | Adults 973.04 FIS Life Times (Text) | 33454005872361 | 2nd Floor | Available | - |
| Nanty Glo Public Library | 973 Fis (Text) | 31815190061030 | NGLM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Palmerton Area Library | 973.049 F52 (Text) | 65000000055303 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Parkland Community Library | 973.0496 FIS (Text) | 34422007254069 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Pottsville Free Public Library | 973.0496 F522 (Text) | 30003009103530 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| Reading Public Library RPL - Main | 973.0496 Fis (Text) | 33223008925694 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
