The First Passage: Blacks in the Americas 1502-1617

Name: The First Passage
Item: The First Passage: Blacks in the Americas 1502-1617 (Young Oxford History of African Americans, Vol. 1)
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by Colin A. Palmer

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The history of African Americans begins in Africa, a continent that was home to people with different languages, traditions, histories, and religions. They called themselves Twi, Yoruba, Zulu, Ashanti, and Kumba, among other names. In the early sixteenth century Europeans turned to Africa for
the labor force needed to mine, cultivate, and process the bounty of natural resources in the newly colonized Americas. As many as 12 million Africans from...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195086996

ISBN13:9780195086997

Release Date:April 1995

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:128 Pages

Weight:0.62 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 7.8" x 9.6"

Age Range:12 to 17 years

Grade Range:Grades 7 to 12

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