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This historical account of the transatlantic slave trade between
Africa and the United States is filled with a wealth of records,
details and analyses of its attempted suppression. The various
moral, economic and religious arguments against slavery were clear
from the outset of the practice in the early 16th century. The
ownership of a human life as an economic commodity was decried from
religious circles from the earliest days as an immoral affront to
basic human dignity. However the practice of gaining lifelong labor
in exchange only for a basic degree of care meant slavery persisted
for centuries across the New World as a lucrative endeavor. The
colonial United States would, from the early 17th century, receive
many thousands of slaves from Africa. Many of the slaves
transported were sent to work on plantations and farms which
steadily spread across the warmer southern states of the nation.
Others would do manual work on the docks, for instance moving goods
in the fledgling trading colonies.
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The Negro Church (Hardcover)
W. E. B Du Bois; Edited by Alton B Pollard
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R1,665
R1,321
Discovery Miles 13 210
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The time has not yet come for a complete history of the Negro
peoples. Archaeological research in Africa has just begun, and many
sources of information in Arabian, Portuguese, and other tongues
are not fully at our command; and, too, it must frankly be
confessed, racial prejudice against darker peoples is still too
strong in so-called civilized centers for judicial appraisement of
the peoples of Africa. Much intensive monographic work in history
and science is needed to clear mooted points and quiet the
controversialist who mistakes present personal desire for
scientific proof. Nevertheless, I have not been able to withstand
the temptation to essay such short general statement of the main
known facts and their fair interpretation as shall enable the
general reader to know as men a sixth or more of the human race.
Manifestly so short a story must be mainly conclusions and
generalizations with but meager indication of authorities and
underlying arguments. Possibly, if the Public will, a later and
larger book may be more satisfactory on these points. - W.E.B. Du
Bois Complete with maps and reading guilde.] Original publication
date: 1915.
As a Black man born during Reconstruction and being laid to rest in
1963 - W.E.B. Du Bois a political activist, sociologist and
historian is the foremost intellectual of Black America. This book
should be read as the clasic reader underlying all other works on
Black America. Truly, a hero to all Americans, W.E.B. Du Bois must
be read by all serious individuals who seek to understand the
struggle for freedom and liberation of Black America. A Collector's
Edition.
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