Africa's gift to America : the Afro-American in the making and saving of the United States : with new supplement, Africa and its potentialities /
Rogers, J. A. 1880-1966,
Africa's gift to America : the Afro-American in the making and saving of the United States : with new supplement, Africa and its potentialities / by J.A. Rogers. - Civil War Centennial edition, revised and enlarged. - 1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations, map
Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Foreword; Why This Book Was Written; I. THE AFRICAN BACKGROUND; Africa's Gift to the World; The Africans in the Making of America-The First Europeans; Africa as the Economic Foundation of the United States; Were Africans the Only Slaves?; Coming of the Africans. Earlier Ones by States; II. THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN THE MAKING OF THE UNITED STATES; Defenders of Freedom and Independence; Revolutionary War; Negroes in the Personal Service of George Washington; Negroes in the War of 1799; Negroes in the War of 1812; Economic Dependence on the Negroes. III. THE NEGRO IN THE SAVING OF AMERICAThe Civil War; The Confederacy and Its Use of Negroes; The Turn Towards Victory for the Union Army; Deeds of the Negro Soldier and Sailor; IV. SOME IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SLAVE ERA; Slave Artisans and Other Workers; Africa and the West Today; V. NEW SUPPLEMENT-Africa and Its Potentialities; VI. ADDITIONAL PICTURES.
Classic work of black study indicating a place for African people within Western history.
9780819575500 (e-book) 081957550X (e-book)
To 1865
African Americans--History--To 1863.
Noirs américains--Histoire--Jusqu'à 1863.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
African Americans.
Military participation--African American.
United States--History--Participation, African American.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
E185 / .R644 1989eb
973.0496073
Africa's gift to America : the Afro-American in the making and saving of the United States : with new supplement, Africa and its potentialities / by J.A. Rogers. - Civil War Centennial edition, revised and enlarged. - 1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations, map
Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Foreword; Why This Book Was Written; I. THE AFRICAN BACKGROUND; Africa's Gift to the World; The Africans in the Making of America-The First Europeans; Africa as the Economic Foundation of the United States; Were Africans the Only Slaves?; Coming of the Africans. Earlier Ones by States; II. THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN THE MAKING OF THE UNITED STATES; Defenders of Freedom and Independence; Revolutionary War; Negroes in the Personal Service of George Washington; Negroes in the War of 1799; Negroes in the War of 1812; Economic Dependence on the Negroes. III. THE NEGRO IN THE SAVING OF AMERICAThe Civil War; The Confederacy and Its Use of Negroes; The Turn Towards Victory for the Union Army; Deeds of the Negro Soldier and Sailor; IV. SOME IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SLAVE ERA; Slave Artisans and Other Workers; Africa and the West Today; V. NEW SUPPLEMENT-Africa and Its Potentialities; VI. ADDITIONAL PICTURES.
Classic work of black study indicating a place for African people within Western history.
9780819575500 (e-book) 081957550X (e-book)
To 1865
African Americans--History--To 1863.
Noirs américains--Histoire--Jusqu'à 1863.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
African Americans.
Military participation--African American.
United States--History--Participation, African American.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
E185 / .R644 1989eb
973.0496073