Blacks In Colonial America

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Blacks in Colonial America

Blacks in Colonial America
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 9780786429578
ISBN-13 : 0786429577
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Book Synopsis Blacks in Colonial America by : Oscar Reiss

Download or read book Blacks in Colonial America written by Oscar Reiss and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-12-11 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the time of the American Revolution, blacks made up 20 percent of the colonial population. Early in colonial history, many blacks who came to America were indentured servants who served out their contracts and then settled in the colonies as free men. Over time, however, more and more blacks arrived as slaves, and the position of blacks in colonial society suffered precipitous decline. This book discusses the lives of blacks, both slave and free, as they struggled to make homes for themselves among the white European settlers in the New World. The author thoroughly examines colonial slavery and the laws supporting it (as early as 1686, for example, New Jersey had laws demanding the return of fugitive slaves) as well as the emancipation movement, active from the beginning of the slave trade. Other topics include blacks and the practice of Christianity in the colonies, and the service of blacks in the Revolution.


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