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THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA
The Immigrant Heritage of America
By Norman Coombs
Publisher: Twayne, (c 1972)
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction (ommitted from electronic version)
PART ONE From Freedom to Slavery
1. African Origins
The Human Cradle
West African Empires
The Culture of West Africa
2, The Human Market
The Slave Trade
Caribbean Interlude
3. Slavery As Capitalism
The Shape of American Slavery
North American and South American Slavery
Slavery and the Formation of Character
Slave Response
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