The Birth of Black America: The First African Americans and the Pursuit of Freedom at Jamestown
by Tim Hashaw
Description
This compelling historical account explores the arrival of the first Africans at Jamestown in 1619 and the complex beginnings of African American life in colonial Virginia. Drawing on archival research, Tim Hashaw reconstructs the experiences of these early arrivals, their relationships, faith, labor, and pursuit of opportunity within a rapidly changing society. The book examines how race, religion, servitude, and freedom developed in the early English colonies, challenging simplified assumptions about the origins of American slavery and Black identity. Vivid and deeply researched, it offers a nuanced portrait of the people and forces that helped shape the birth of Black America.
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hardcover
Carroll & Graf
Published Feb 15, 2007
329 pages
ISBN: 9780786717187
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First Published
2007
Language
eng
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