Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery - Charles R. Johnson 1998 Harcourt, Brace & Co hardback

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Blurb: The acclaimed account of slavery in America, illuminating how Africans and

Europeans built a nation. A riveting narrative history of America, from the 1607 landing

in Jamestown to the brink of the Civil War, Africans in America tells the shared history

of Africans and Europeans as seen through the lens of slavery. It is told from the point

of view of the Africans who arrived in shackles and endured the terrible dichotomy of

this new land founded on the ideal of liberty but dedicated to the perpetuation of

slavery. Meticulously researched, this book weaves together the experiences of the

colonists, slaves, free and fugitive blacks, and abolitionists to present an utterly

original document, a startling and moving drama of the effects of slavery and racism on

our conflicted national identity. The result transcends history as we were taught it and

transforms the way we see our past.