Middle Passages
African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005
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Publication
2006-05-04 - Penguin Press HC, The
Language
English
Word Count
136,000 words, Guess
Page Count
544 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8875937M
- ISBN-139781594200830
- ISBN-101594200831
- OCLC Control Number62888382
- OCLC Control Numbermiddlepassagesaf00camp
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2005058672
- Goodreads91615
- LibraryThing1668325
Classifications
- LCCDT12.25 .C36 2006
Description
A three-century history of African-American journeys back to Africa, from an America where depicted travelers or their ancestors were slaves, traces the experiences of such people as W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the founders of Liberia.
First Sentence
IN THE FOUR HUNDRED YEARS after Columbus touched ground at San Salvador, some fifteen million Africans were loaded into ships and borne into the maelstrom of New World slavery.
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