To Make Our World Anew : Volume I: A History of African Americans to 1880

The two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of African American history, from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, right up to today's black filmmakers and politicians. This first volume begins with the story of Africa and its origins, then presents an overview of the Atlantic slave trade, and the forced migration and enslavement of between ten and twenty million people. It covers the Haitian Revolution, which ended victoriously in 1804 with the birth of the first independent black nation in the New World, and slave rebellions and resistance in the United States in the years leading up to the Civil War. There are vivid accounts of the Civil War and Reconstruction years, the backlash of the notorious "Jim Crow" laws and mob lynchings, and the founding of key black educational institutions, such as Howard University in Washington, D.C. Here is a panoramic view of African-American life, rich in gripping first-person accounts and short character sketches that invite readers to relive history as African Americans have experienced it. The two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of African American history, from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, right up to today's black filmmakers and politicians. This second volume covers the crucial post-Reconstruction years and traces the migration of blacks to the major cities. It describes the remarkable birth of the Harlem Renaissance, the hardships of the Great Depression, and the service of African Americans in World War II. Readers witness the struggle for Civil Rights in the 1950s and '60s and finally, the emergence of today's black middle class. Here is a panoramic view of African-American life, rich in gripping first-person accounts and short character sketches that invite readers to relive history as African Americans have experienced it. Contents......Page 6 Preface to Volume One......Page 8 CHAPTER 1 The First Passage: 1502–1619......Page 16 CHAPTER 2 Strange New Land: 1619–1776......Page 66 CHAPTER 3 Revolutionary Citizens: 1776–1804......Page 116 CHAPTER 4 Let My People Go: 1804–1860......Page 182 CHAPTER 5 Breaking the Chains: 1860–1880......Page 240 Chronology......Page 294 Further Reading......Page 300 Picture Credits......Page 311 Contributors......Page 312 C......Page 314 F......Page 315 L......Page 316 O......Page 317 S......Page 318 T......Page 319 Z......Page 320 "The two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's 'To Make Our World Anew' integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available if African American history, from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, right up to today's black filmmakers and politicians."--BOOK COVER A panoramic, illustrated overview of African-American life offers a reconstructed history of the United States as seen through the experiences and struggles of African Americans during the Colonial period, slavery, the Civil War, reconstruction, and the Civil Rights era. Without exception, the contemporary societies of North and South America and the Caribbean include peoples of African descent. v. 1. A history of African Americans to 1880 v. 2. A history of African Americans since 1880.